Future Museum Lab

Conversation Archive

Fragments on the wall.

Wall text 01

Most institutions preserve conclusions. The future museum may also preserve the process of thinking itself.

Wall text 02

The museum historically controlled access to art, interpretation of art, and the physical experience of art.

Wall text 03

The future museum may not compete with the internet by withholding access. It may compete by creating depth.

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PMA should not build a bigger museum. It should build Portland's cultural operating system.