Museums in the Long Now
Join the debate on museums of the future started on 18 June 2008 at City University London.
If we were today to design a museum to house the Clock of the Long Now, being built to last for 10,000 years, what would it look like?
On 18 June 2008, a small group of museum professionals, futurists and cultural commentators came together to generate some new thinking about museums of the future.
Whilst there was general agreement that in the immediate future museums would remain building- and collection-based, ideas about the longer term varied widely.
Some welcomed disruption, others continuity. The importance of digital developments was hotly debated. Notions of creativity and sustainability were explored.
The question was asked, could museums be the 'trim rudder' for wider change – the place to renegotiate the troubled relationship between the public sector and the private individual?
The day was organised by Nicola Jennings, Director of the Cultural Leadership Programme at City University London, and Kathleen Soriano, Director of Compton Verney in Warwickshire, with funding from the London Centre for Arts and Cultural Enterprise (LCACE).
- Comment about the future of museums on the Museums in the Long Now blog
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- Summary of proceedings
- The Museum Reconsidered as 'Common Land': paper by Prof. Declan McGonagle, Director, National College of Art and Design, Dublin
- Museums and the Challenges of the 21st Century: paper by Klaus Muller, international museum consultant
- The Futures of the Museum: presentation by Andrew Curry, Director of Henley Centre HeadlightVision (NB. file size approx 1MB)
- List of attendees
- Andrew Curry's blog
- Rachel Kelnar's blog
See the day's proceedings and papers
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