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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Today’s
guest blogger at the Center for the Future of Museums is SPNHC’s president,
Chris Norris, laying it on the line—the future of museums depends on their
collections. Sparked by the recent layoffs at the Field Museum of Natural
History <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/2013/02/no-future.html">http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/2013/02/no-future.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Yours
from the future,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Elizabeth Merritt</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Founding
Director, Center for the Future of Museums<br>
T: 202.218. 7661 | F: 202.289.6578<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>American Alliance of
Museums</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
<br>
1575 Eye Street N.W., Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20005 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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