The ‘Numbers and Trends’ section returns, marking the start of a new cycle dedicated to surveys and opinion analysis. This update features a study focused on the annual theme: ‘Museums and Intelligence.

We are reintroducing in this space the proposals from Network Museum addressed to museum professionals and sector operators, on the occasion of the special feature our website is launching through its pages. This is an in-depth exploration aimed at investigating, in these times when much is said about artificial intelligence, the relationship between intelligence and the museum system. Is there such a thing as “museum intelligence”? What is meant by an “intelligent museum”? What are the applications of artificial intelligence in museum management, and how will this technology transform the practice of “making a museum”?

These and many other questions await us in the months ahead. We begin with the first survey, which invites us to reflect—before delving into futuristic technologies—on how one might define “an intelligent museum.”

This new season of surveys and opinion analysis is characterized by three key aspects:
The questionnaires are directed specifically at museum professionals, unlike previous editions which were more broadly distributed.
– The published findings serve purely informational and sharing
purposes: the verified and verifiable questionnaires are sent
directly to a selected sample contacted by our scientific editorial
team.

– The questionnaire serves as an “incubator,” designed to generate a cascade of further insights and analyses centered on a shared theme.

– The simultaneous presentation of the questionnaire’s themes through Network Museum People, aimed at the audience of museum visitors and cultural participants.

Those who wish to be part of the sample of professional museum sector operators may submit their application to our scientific editorial team: info@networkmuseum.com

We now leave you with our first inquiry: “What does it mean to be an intelligent museum?”

We wish everyone a meaningful participation!