<P><EM>Museums and the Challenge of Change</EM> explores the profound challenges facing museums and charts ways forward<I></I>that are grounded in partnership with audiences and communities on-site, online, and in wider society.</P><P></P><P>Facing new generations with growing needs and desires, growing population diversity, and a digital revolution, the museum sector knows it must change ¿ but it has been slow to respond. Drawing on the expertise and voices of practitioners from within and beyond the sector, Black calls for a change of mind-set and radical evolution (transformation over time, learning from the process, rather than a ¿big bang¿ approach). Internally, a participative environment supports social interaction through active engagement with collections and content ¿ and Black includes an initial typology of participative exhibits, both traditional and digital. Externally, the museum works in partnership with local communities and other agencies to make a real diff