Museum AI Pledge: Keeping Human Expertise at the Center
Written by Marion Carré and Adam Rozan. Originally published on my Linkedin on November 19, 2025. We live in an...
In my writing, I explore how education, economics, wellness, and purpose shape museums and the arts. I also reflect on growth, leadership, and change, and on how AI is beginning to transform the field.
These are my personal views, and I always value readers’ thoughts and conversations.
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Success, the Museum of Failures, and Basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo
From Giannis Antetokounmpo's post-game interview to the Museum of Failure, we're reminded that progress isn't linear. A reflection on work,...
Playgrounds, Papers, and Missed Opportunities
In "Playgrounds, Papers, and Missed Opportunities," I examine what playgrounds can teach museums about creativity, openness, and public space. The...
First, Last, or Most: Let’s Celebrate Being Last
In "First, Last, or Most: Let's Celebrate Being Last", I challenge museums to reconsider their focus on being the first...
What’s your wish for U.S.? turns history museums into future-imagining incubators
In 2021, history museums across the nation, working in collaboration with one another and with Gen Z-ers through Made By...
School Groups, GDP, and Our Community Interdependence
In this piece, I explore how museum field trips and school-group visits reflect wider economic and community connections — demonstrating...
What Can Pokémon Go Mean for Museums
Originally published on the Museum Next website. This article explores how organizations can leverage games like Pokémon Go to engage...
How Museums are Helping Communities Beat the Heat
Originally published on my LinkedIn. A July 7 NPR.com article headline reads, "Temperature records are shattered as extreme heat grips...
Six Ideas to Celebrate Civic Season from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
Originally published on Medium.com Civic Season is a new tradition that connects our newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, and our oldest, July...
Being Social: What Museums Need to Understand for the Future
Note: Originally published in 2014 with Museum-ID and was later turned into a slide deck by Museum Hack I’m resharing...
Father of ‘Third Place,’ Ray Oldenburg, Passed Away.
In "Father of 'Third Place,' Ray Oldenburg, Passed Away," I reflect on the legacy of sociologist Ray Oldenburg and how...
Top 5 Reasons Why Museums Close: Highlights from a conversation between Susana Bautista and Adam Rozan
Originally published on the American Association for State and Local History website. Last year I caught up with Susana Bautista...
Crowdsourcing a Database of Permanent Museum Closings
Originally published on the American Alliance of Museums website. Due to the independent nature of the nonprofit sector in the...
Super Museums: Being mindful of every opportunity to delight audiences
Originally published on the Museum iD website. Adam Rozan, Allison Agsten, Hanna Cho and Aimee Chang on why museums should...
Museums At 2040: Hello, and Welcome to The Future
Adam's Note: In “Museums at 2040: Hello, and Welcome to the Future,” written for the American Alliance of Museums’ 2017...
John Martin: Visionary of the Everyday
Originally published January 2, 2013, on Huffington Post. A large ochre insect, possibly a praying mantis, hovers on a man’s...
On Jason Polan
Originally published August 2, 2012 on Huffington Post. Several years ago, I stumbled upon a rectangular version of Superman’s crystal...
The Mythological Museum Visitor – The Young Cosmopolitan
Originally published October 2009 on the Western Museum Association’s blog. The Targeting Young Cosmopolitans in Museums study was born out...
