An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today focused on the future of the Mexican Museum. Included in the article were lessons about what it takes today to make an arts cultural center succeed. The advice seems reasonable:
• have a base of folks with bucks who are ready to invest
• have a compelling vision
• have a strong business plan
The Mexican Museum has been in the works for more than 10 years. It has a collection which folks are concerned about. Still, it doesn't seem to be able to even get the building built -- never mind fund the operations once in business. But, the article also pointed to the reality that two other museums, while having gotten off the ground had to scale back their plans.
Meanwhile we learn from the Chronicle one or two issues ago that arts and culture are doing just fine.
So what is the story, exactly? Why do some museums do really well and others not so well? Thoughts anyone?
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Sunday, January 27
Elements for a successful museum: Learnings from San Francisco
by
mikeb
on Sun 27 Jan 2008 08:22 AM EST
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