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I had a brainwave solution to conference twitter!

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November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Question from the floor: how are the staff??

Secretary Bunch has been very communicative

Have been running a month-long education program for all staff to share decisions, participate and provide answers. They also have policies to guide them

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November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Looking to the future is a way forward and a way to get through this 'challenging time'

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November 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"Trust that your visitors can understand complex concepts and respect their right to draw their own conclusions"

👏👏

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November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
(the US) Public wants museums to be neutral, musuems are not neutral...

Relevance is the key here for young people. They may trust, but don't see museums as relevant to them...

This is US data, not the same in Australia (I'll have to dig out that data)

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November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
👇 I think this has always been the case

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November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Museums in the US are scared, cancellation of funding, programs at risk... Especially those that are federally and state funded

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November 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Questions now raised about the Smithsonian's autonomy...

So now the Smithsonian finds itself at cente of debates around the politicisation of museums

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November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Previous post what was planned. This post. What next?

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November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I'm feeling this speaker (The Under Secretary of the Smithsonian) is in a tricky place...

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November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
When talking about 'the youth', why aren't there any youth on the panel???

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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Loving this speaker and this idea of a museum (given they can't get their material repatriated...) www.whmzambia.org

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November 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Liking the idea of 'radical listening'

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November 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Liking the idea of inclusion as a methodology, not an afterthought

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November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
World economic form report useful for trends that can address when future proofing. Identified four major global risks

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November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Museums are being impacted, not impactful

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November 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Everyone chatting, on their phones, wandering around or otherwise engaged at the keynotes... How to manage this at a large conference I'm wondering 🤔
(Interestingly, those that are using the transcription headsets are listening!)
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Announcement! ICOM to collect all examples of what museums are doing in the AI space to develop policy papers and pressingly resources for training and capacity building
UNESCO to get data over four years and then develop platform (i think the tech will have moved on by then!)
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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ICOM Academy that is being developed will be addressing AI use across our sector.
UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects recently launched uses AI to recreate these objects: www.unesco.org/en/culture-a...
It's pretty cool...
UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
www.unesco.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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UNESCO has developed AI platform for those with little resources (I can't find it...), but the link i posted before is worth exploring further.
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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UNESCOS's position is for inclusion, capacity building and training. Needs to be human-centred. AI needs to depict the world in all of its entirety, beyond stereotypes, especially indigenous language and knowledge
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM