Cultural Animals: Museum Leadership Lab
Antonio Velasco
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About the Show
The “Culture Animals: Museum Leadership Lab” podcast is where the business of culture meets the art of leadership. Each episode explores how museum executives, development, marketing, and operational leaders are redefining what it means to lead in today's cultural landscape. From revenue and operations to digital transformation, audience engagement, and organizational culture, we unpack the strategies and stories driving sustainable impact in museums worldwide.
Whether you're a museum director, department head, or emerging leader, Culture Animals gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how great institutions evolve, one bold decision at a time.
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Recent Episodes
S1E5 From Newsroom to Nonprofit: How Storytelling Built a Thriving Children's Museum
Jonathan Foerster, CEO of the Golisano Children's Museum of Naples, never planned to run a museum. He started as a journalist chasing stories, then found his way into nonprofits where he discovered…
S1E4 From Blueprint to Bloom: How A Landscape Architect Transformed A Botanical Garden
What happens when a world-class designer trades global projects for a single desert garden and completely transforms it?In this latest episode of Cultural Animals: Museum Leadership Lab, Jamie Maslyn…
S1E3 Running the Numbers on Glass: What 25 Years as a Museum CFO Really Looks Like
What does a museum CFO actually do? Far more than manage budgets. In this episode of the Cultural Animals: Museum Leadership Lab, host Antonio Velasco sits down with Dave Togni, Chief Financial…
S1E2 Doubling Attendance: Marketing, Mission, and Museum Leadership with Adam Smith
In this episode of Cultural Animals: Museum Leadership Lab, we sit down with Adam Smith, President and CEO of Exploration Place, who has led cultural institutions from the National Museums of…
S1E1 The Real Business of Museums: A Conversation with Nik Honeysett
Welcome to the premiere episode of Culture Animals: Museum Leadership Lab! Are you a museum director, department head, or cultural institution leader struggling with operational efficiency, declining…
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