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March 08, 2010

Slover Linett to Lead Arts & Business Council Workshop on Using Audience Data

 » The March 30 session in Chicago will help arts professionals learn how to take a data-driven approach to developing marketing strategies. Registration is now open. More »
March 05, 2010

New Cultural Clients in Chicago, St. Louis

 » We’re proud to welcome two highly respected arts institutions to the Slover Linett family this week: the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. More »
March 04, 2010

Leading Community Music School Turns to Slover Linett

 » The Merit School of Music in Chicago has selected us to help with a Wallace Foundation-funded research project examining arts education decisions. More »
February 22, 2010

Appraisal of Museum Literature Published in Curator

 » Peter Linett's article looking back at his six-year tenure as book review editor at Curator: The Museum Journal appears in this month's issue of the journal. More »
February 10, 2010

Writing the Book on Institutional Research

 » A chapter in the forthcoming Handbook for Institutional Research will be co-written by Slover Linett senior associate Bill Hayward and Northwestern University’s Rachelle Brooks. More »
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March 04, 2010 | Peter

Layoffs in Cincinnati underscore the darker side of the museum financial picture

 » Yesterday’s announcement of cuts at the Cincinnati Art Museum reminds us not to get cocky about an economic recovery any time soon. It also highlights the need for more rethinking and risk. More »
March 03, 2010 | Peter

Spontaneous natural history collection sur la plage

 » Is collecting nature or nurture? Some thoughts on a little “museum” of found objects I saw on vacation last week. More »
February 26, 2010 | Peter

Better news about museum attendance

 » This morning the American Association of Museums released the findings of its new Survey of Museum Attendance and Finances, which showed fairly widespread gains in visitorship in '09. This further complicates the picture painted by other recent studies. More »
February 19, 2010 | Peter

What can museums learn from “club classical”?

 » Art, science, and history museums are almost synonymous with their physical, institutional spaces and the conventions associated with them. Until recently, you could have said the same thing about classical music. More »
February 12, 2010 | Peter

Letting their hair down, awkwardly

 » Yale’s already-infamous musical admissions video shows how easy it is for institutions to come across as old fashioned even when they’re using new media. More »
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