Six megatrends changing everything

Great expectations and a virtual world are among the megatrends changing the role of museums and arts organisations.
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The megatrends, identified by CSIRO trend analyst Stefan Hajkowicz, are a major shift in the cultural, economic, social, environmental and technological milieu that are expected to radically change the context of everything we do over the next 20 years.

Some of the trends go to the very nature of why people go to museums, galleries or arts events. They raise the possibility that museums, galleries and theatres could replace shops as the ‘third place’ where people congregate. Others will change the processes by which our organisations operate and the subjects on which we focus.

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Deborah Stone
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Deborah Stone is a Melbourne journalist and communications professional. She is a former Editor of ArtsHub and a former Fairfax feature writer.