Introducing A.i.A.’s special issue on museums and digital technology, its organizers reflect on how new electronic devices, new institutional policies and programs, and a new emphasis on access, interactivity, and feedback are altering long-established ideas about what an art museum is and what it should do.

The New Museum has adopted the start-up incubator model for its New Inc residency program. Has it also taken on the goals and thinking of today's venture capitalists?

The Fun Palace, a highly adaptable, multipurpose cultural space proposed for British workers in the 1960s, prefigured many of the audience-friendly design choices embraced by museums and art centers today.