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[Click here](https://lucidea.com/blog) to see our latest posts.** **\***If there’s older content you’d like to catch up on, you can browse right where you are, **until Friday, April 5th**. We know it takes a minute to get used to change! ## [The Importance of Sustainable Museum Cataloging & How to Achieve It](https://blog.lucidea.com/the-importance-of-sustainable-museum-cataloging-how-to-achieve-it) Posted by [Rachael Cristine Woody](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/rachael-cristine-woody) on 2/6/2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![The Importance of Sustainable Museum Cataloging & How to Achieve It](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/sustainable-museum-cataloging.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/the-importance-of-sustainable-museum-cataloging-how-to-achieve-it) I imagine cataloging efforts in the 19 th and early 20 th century to be akin to the Wild West. The people of the West may have had good intentions and some basic principles in place, but each town governed themselves differently, and the few rules in place were loosely adhered to. [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/the-importance-of-sustainable-museum-cataloging-how-to-achieve-it) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/the-importance-of-sustainable-museum-cataloging-how-to-achieve-it#comments-listing) Topics: [Strategy](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/strategy), [Museum Collections Management](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management) ## [To Be, or Not to Be: Virtual-Only Museums](https://blog.lucidea.com/to-be-or-not-to-be-virtual-only-museums) Posted by [Rachael Cristine Woody](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/rachael-cristine-woody) on 1/23/2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![To Be, or Not to Be: Virtual-Only Museums](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/vr-museums.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/to-be-or-not-to-be-virtual-only-museums) Since the Great Recession of 2008, museums of all types have been navigating shaky financial ground. The recession impacted museums on multiple fronts: it shrank endowments, decreased corporate and private donor giving, and depleted financial support from municipal and foundation organizations. 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