Transparency and Museums

Megan Smith is an education specialist at the National Museum of American History. In her latest blog she writes about President Obama’s call for transparency among government agencies and shares her thoughts on how Dr. Maxwell Anderson, Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, has lead his museum toward total transparency by creating a dashboard on their website that gives real-time statistics for their institution—everything from the number of visitors in the building, to the kilowatt hours used, to the current size of the museum’s endowment.

Also, you must read these excellent articles on museums in the NYT.