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Flickr Credit ~meredithfarmerA Body in Balanceimagining an ecology of museumsRobert SteinAmerican Alliance of Museums@rjstein

A BIT ABOUT ME

A BIT ABOUT ME

MUSEUMS

MUSEUMSCAN CHANGE THE WORLDbut how?

The Museum is like the Body

The Museum is like an Ecosystem

The Museum as an Ecosystem

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Flickr Credit ~SonnyandSandyIn Balance.

What Happens When Were Out of Balance?

Tacoma Narrows BridgeNovember 7, 1940

What happens if we loose all the bees?

MUSEUMSCAN CHANGE THE WORLD

You must be the change you want to see in the worldMahatma Gandhi

The Shadow is Always Darkest Beneath the Lamp-Persian Proverb

If we want museums to change the world, then we have to start by changing museums first.

PEOPLECHANGE THE WORLD

Ed Bachta1976-2013Source code of IMAmuseum.orgOctober 7, 2016.

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My New Team At AAM

The Shadow is Always Darkest Beneath the Lamp-Persian Proverb

If museums expect the public to visit and learn, then we must become learners too.

John Boyd

John Boyd

Regular measurement helps us reach our best

Flickr Credit ~gruenewieseNATURALCYCLES

Flickr Credit ~Timmy_LNATURALCYCLES

https://environmentalbrigade.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/put-a-ring-on-it-stories-of-tree-coring/NATURALCYCLES

ANNUALLY

WEEKLY

WEEKLY

Photo Credit by Inna Ivchenko

ZIPCODESIN DFW

Bobby

http://dma.org/friends/by-the-numbers

http://dma.org/friends/by-the-numbers

BEHAVIOR OF REPEAT VS ONE-TIME VISITORS

If Museums want to be a place of caring and dialog, then we have to care and talk about hard issues.

Gateways for UnderstandingDiversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion in Museums.St. Louis, May 7-10, 2017

If we want all people to feel welcomed in our museum, then we need to become places of welcome for our staff first.

Kris Arnold

Kristen Arnold1981-2016

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Released the day after Kristen died.http://www.aam-us.org/docs/default-source/professional-networks/lgbtq_welcome_guide.pdf

If we want museums to change the world, then we have to start by changing museums first.

So What AboutAAM?

We Needed Space to Experiment

AAMs Organizational Constitution:http://labs.aam-us.org/blog/aam-organizational-culture-its-about-how-we-work/ Celebrate our Passion and CreativityI seek higher levels of involvement in work I find interesting. I share my passions with others and seek out ways for my talents to be fully utilized. Deliver Wow ServiceI accept responsibility and apologize for errors and actively work to correct them. Learn & GrowI work with my colleagues to test out new ideas and to learn from these experiences. Respect Each OtherI take personal responsibility for understanding, respecting and appreciating others who are different from me and whose perspectives or approaches differ from mine.

http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/2016/07/rethinking-hiring-walking-walk.html Blind Hiring Practices

Flickr Credit ~Coates

One step at a time.

ALIGNType A, 2010Indianapolis Museum of Art

THANK YOU!@rjstein