Today’s popular and academic literature is filled with a broad spectrum of opinions about how technology is changing our culture. The implications for museums are potentially wide-ranging and profound. This session will investigate how trends in digital learning and communications are changing museum guests. How will our understanding of these changes influence the planning and design of museum experiences? Prospective attendees are encouraged to visit and contribute to a blog (http://emergingdigitalmuseum.blogspot.com/) created for this session prior to the conference.