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Spring 2015: The nimble and responsive exhibition

Fall 2015: Creating an inclusive experience: exhibitions and universal design

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Exhibition journal Fall 2023: You Are Here: Exhibitions & Placemaking

Features Evolution of a Space: A Natural Approach to Enhanced Interpretation by Leah M. Melber, Ph.D., Lauren Dennhardt, Ph.D., and Joseph Vickers Resisting the Colonial Imagination: The …

Spring 2023: Big Ideas on Small (or Smaller) Budgets

Features Tough Art: Building a Collection at Any Price by Anne Fullenkamp Selection Pressures + Value Engineering = Design Adaptations by Elizabeth K. Shea, Helen Bilinski, Jennifer Acord, …

Spring 2016: The Power of Words

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Fall 2022: Effective Exhibitions Should [Fill In The Bank].

Features Effective Museums and Exhibits Should Build Community: La Rodadora by Isabel Diez, Set David Solís Adame, and Gabriela Torres What You Bring With You, and What You Take Away: …

Moments That Matter: Toward a Visitor-Centered Understanding of Belonging in Museum Spaces

Imagine being a visitor or a member of a visiting group walking into the lobby of a museum you’re familiar with: you see a sign proclaiming “you belong here.” How would you get a sense of …

Resisting the Colonial Imagination: The Role of Exhibition Design in the Decolonial Project

It is Monday morning at First Americans Museum (FAM), and a group of fifth graders are bustling with excitement as they embark on a gallery tour. A museum educator welcomes the students in …

Crafting Cardboard Experiences: The Activity that Evolved into an Exhibition

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2023) Vol. 42 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. www.name-aam.org. If you don’t read the journal, learn how you can …

Tough Art: Building a Collection at Any Price

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2023) Vol. 42 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. www.name-aam.org. If you don’t read the journal, learn how you can …

Effective Exhibitions Should Provoke!

Effective exhibitions disrupt the notion that history remains locked in the past. Done right, an exhibition can make history a practical tool for justice by recovering silenced narratives …

Effective Museums and Exhibits Should Build Community: La Rodadora

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2022) Vol. 41 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. www.name-aam.org. If you don’t read the journal, learn how you can …

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