Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2014

Last week''s New York Times special section on museums featured a lead article by David Gelles on Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons. In the article, David discussed ways that several large art museums are working to attract major donors and board members in their 30s and 40s. David describes himself as a "museum brat."

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Even as demographics change and public participation in the arts shifts away from these Euro-traditional formats, the money still flows down the old pathways. There's the barrier of the concern that this work is "social work" and not art--and therefore doesn't belong in a museum or a theater.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Now, the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report found that 25% of donors said that social media is a communication tool that inspires them to give and that 32% of them donated through Facebook fundraising tools. What I found interesting is that of those people that donated 89% said they’re likely to give through Facebook again.

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