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FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
How a Platform of Engagement can Drive Decision-Making and
Impact in Museums
Robert Stein
Deputy Director
Dallas Museum of Art
@rjstein
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70% OF THE GLOBAL
POPULATION WILL
LIVE
IN ONE BY 2050
CITIES
Source: Guardian Cities, Jan 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jan/27/guardian-cities-site-urban-future-dwell-
human-history-welcome
3. CITIES NEED CREATIVE PEOPLE
cited by 1500 CEO’s as the single most
crucial factor for future success
IBM, 2010 http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/31670.wss)
6. The work of organizing
museums has not kept pace
with the times. The United
States is far behind the spirit of
its own people…
This can not long continue. The
museum of the past must be
set aside, reconstructed,
transformed from a cemetery of
bric-a-brac into a nursery of
living thoughts.
A NURSERY
OF LIVING
THOUGHTS
Goode, G. Brown. 1891. The
Museums of the Future.
Washington, DC: Government
7. The Largest Art Museum in the Region
111 Years Old
Supported by the City of Dallas
NOT a Tourist Destination
8. The 2010 U.S. census reports that only 14.5% of US
Adults visited museums in the prior 12 months
(Census, 2012).
8%Dallas = 6.5M People - 500k Annual Attendance
That would require a city with a population of at least 1M to be built every five days between now and then
Is it possible to create a platform for engagement?Can such a platform support the diverse business models and unique expressions of engagement at a variety of museums?
A staff that’s learning how to iterate and use data to increase impact of mission fundamentals