semc presentation (11/8/2012)
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presented by Philip M. Katz, American Alliance of MuseumsTRANSCRIPT
Museums and the Pulse of the Future
Philip M. Katz American Alliance of Museums November 8, 2012
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Designed to ...• Prod museums to look to the future with
a longer time frame.
• Find, interpret, digest and deliver trends data.
• Help museums collaborate with communities/society to address needs.
• Cultivate connections between museums and all sectors.
• Encourage risk-taking and innovation.
Center for the Future of Museums
www.aam-us.org @futureofmuseums
Click to edit Master text stylesWorld’s quickest intro to futurism
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source: Julie Ajinkya, Toward 2050 in California (Center for American Progress, March 2012).
Demographic realities (population)
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Courtesy of Reach Advisors
Demographic realities (museum visitors)
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Declining arts participation with age and cohort
Source: Mark Stern, “Age and Arts
Participation ...” (NEA, 2011)
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= men
79.0% white10.1% Hispanic
68.1% white, non-Hispanic
U.S. (2010) = 49.2% men & 63.7% white, non-Hispanic
Demographic realities (staffing)
Click to edit Master text styles“TrendsWatch 2012”
• 7 Trends•Examples•What does this mean for society?
•What does this mean for museums?
•Museums might want to consider
•Further reading
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•Harnessing the Crowd
•NPO No Mo’
•Takin’ It to the Streets
•Alt Funding
•Creative Aging
•More than Real
•New Educational Era
Click to edit Master text stylesThe Other Trends from 2012
Harnessing the Crowd
Takin’ It to the Streets
Click to edit Master text stylesThe Other Trends from 2012
Alt Funding
New Educational Era
Click to edit Master text stylesNPO No Mo’ (Threats to Nonprofit Status)
PILOTS = Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Now Includes
Taxes!
= one alternative?
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Other ways this is relevant to museums:
NPO No Mo’ (Threats to Nonprofit Status)
1. The same budgetary forces are drying up the direct funding for federal, state and local cultural facilities.
2. It’s tied to a general devaluing of the public sphere.
3. But is it feeding a search for creative new funding and management structures?
Click to edit Master text stylesCreative Aging
Click to edit Master text stylesMore than Real
Click to edit Master text stylesCan you be too connected?
33% of Americans would rather give up sex than cellphones (at least for a week)
68% of smartphone owners say they “Cannot Live Without” the devices
57% of the U.S. internet population (age 8-64) will own a smartphone by early 2013
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1. How are these trends playing out (if at all) in the Southeast?
2. What other trends have you noticed, either in SEMC territory, the rest of the museum field, or society at large?
3. Where do you see your museum in 25 years? (And the rest of the museum field?)
3 Questions for You to Ponder
Click to edit Master text stylesFor more trend information
visit CFM at www.aam-us.org
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Philip M. Katz Assistant Director, ResearchAmerican Alliance of Museums [email protected]
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