Month: May 2021

May 2021 SIG Corner: Data & Insights SIG.

By Chris Unitt, Founder of One Further and co-chair of the Data & Insights SIG. It’s been a busy time in the world of museum data and insights, with changes happening on lots of different fronts. Here’s an overview of what’s been going on. We all know that pandemic-related closures accelerated the trend towards digital…

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MCN Insights: Let’s do better than “back to normal”.

By Nathan Adkisson, Director of Strategy and Associate Creative Director at Local Projects, and MCN Board member. After a brutal year, there’s no doubt that we’ve turned a corner. Vaccination numbers climb higher. We are spending more time outside, and beginning to travel again. Museums are cautiously reopening. Many of us have started going back…

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A world of art at our fingertips: How COVID-19 accelerated the digitization of culture

A world of art at our fingertips: How COVID-19 accelerated the digitization of culture published on Friday May 8, 2021 in CBC News talks about some digital initiatives rolled out by many cultural institutions this past year. Among those interviewed for this piece were Marty Spellerberg and Danuta Sierhuis, and MCN was also mentioned.

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