Summary of Museumhive w/ Rob Stein: Global Thinking for Local Impact

00:00:00 - 00:55:00

In this video, Rob Stein discusses how global thinking can help museums have a local impact. He argues that the field of museum innovation is currently hindered by a lack of perspective shift, which can be attributed to a lack of innovation vision. He suggests that, in order to move forward, museums need to reconsider their approach to innovation and develop a more flexible mindset. Stein also discusses how global thinking can help address local challenges and how partnering with sister museums and communities could be a useful way to achieve this.

• 00:00:00 Rob Stein from the American Alliance of Museums discusses the concept of global thinking and how it can be applied to the museum field. He urges regions to participate in the project and shares an example of how global thinking has been used in the past.
• 00:05:00 In this YouTube video, Rob Stein discusses how global thinking can help us find local impact in museums. Stein argues that the field of museum innovation is currently hindered by a lack of perspective shift, which can be attributed to a lack of innovation vision. He suggests that, in order to move forward, museums need to reconsider their approach to innovation and develop a more flexible mindset.
• 00:10:00 Museums can be a helpful tool in solving global problems, as a global perspective can help to see problems in a different light. Additionally, travel and experiencing different cultures can help to open the mind to new ways of thinking.
• 00:15:00 Museum-related global thinking can help address local challenges and help connect local communities. Three ways in which global thinking can be used in museum practice are as follows: getting outside of your local box, collaborating with peers, and using the museum as a bridge between global communities.
• 00:20:00 This video features Rob Stein, director of the Meta-Gene Science Center in Meta-Gene, Colombia, discussing the city's efforts to reform and address the problems of its citizens. One way Meta-Gene has addressed this is by putting libraries and museums in the heart of the city. This innovative strategy has helped promote tourism and bring in new revenue for the city.
• 00:25:00 The video discusses how global museums are working to impact local communities in different ways, highlighting the work of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Courtney Johnson from the Dow's Museum in New Zealand, and Marita Sander Hoff from the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.
• 00:30:00 Rob Stein discusses the benefits of global thinking for local impact, and suggests that partnering with sister museums and communities could be a useful way to achieve this.
• 00:35:00 In this video, Rob Stein discusses how global museum professionals can help local museums when planning and executing exhibitions. Stein recommends that local museums reach out to global museum professionals for advice.
• 00:40:00 The video discusses the global thinking for local impact approach, which is the idea that museums should be embedded in local communities to create a stronger cultural connection and conservation message. An example of this approach is the Hunterdon Change Challenge, which is a charitable foundation in Chicago issuing a new challenge called 100 and change.
• 00:45:00 Rob Stein, the creator of Museumhive, discusses the importance of global thinking and advocacy in the field of museums. He talks about his experience working with large art museums, and how he's learned that the difference between practical day-to-day work experiences can be stark between even large museums.
• 00:50:00 Rob Stein speaks about the importance of museums pursuing global thinking, and how small museums can still have an impact by working in conjunction with other local museums. He also discusses the importance of staying tuned into global discussions, and how spending time on research can save money.
• 00:55:00 Rob Stein discusses the importance of global thinking in museums, and how icon's committees structures are a practical example of this. He also discusses how museums can work together to solve global problems, and how global thinking can help facilitate this.