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Visitor Experience
New Directions in Interactive Media for Museums
The challenges of integrating interactive media into the museum experience are manifold. New technologies can engage but also potentially alienate museum visitors who have different …
Say Cheese! 3 Ways Museums Can Compete with Instagrammable Pop-Ups
This article is loosely based on a session panel that I facilitated at the 2018 New England Museum Association (NEMA) conference titled, “Let Me Take a Selfie: The Power of Photo Ops and …
CAMPing Out: Making Museums More LGBTQ-friendly with Chicagoland Alliance of Museums with PRIDE
Part 1: Katie Slivovsky, Exhibit Development Director, LGBTQ Access & Inclusion Chair, Chicago Children’s Museum Something wonderful is brewing in Chicago—and I don’t mean craft beer. …
Museums With a Single Focus: How to Attract The Non-Enthusiast
Using a mythical antique coffee can museum as an example, Jones shares tips and tricks for helping the non-enthusiast museum visitor create meaning and make connections with a narrowly …
This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist?
The upcoming expansion of Glenstone, a contemporary art museum in Potomac, Maryland, provides a timely opportunity to discuss the unique challenges museums face in the quest to balance …
Should Museums Be Advocating For Viewers to Slow Down?
On the heels of Slow Art Day, celebrated at over 200 museums globally, museum practitioners speculate on the whys and ways to pace the visitor experience while grasping the meaning of its …
Reimagining the Museum Tour
Tour companies are revolutionizing traditional museum tours through imaginative narratives enlivened with oral storytelling techniques that include humor, pop cultural references and games …
Bring on museum companion apps — but only if they’re absolutely awesome
This article reviews a number of newer mobile apps in museums and the author’s experiences in using them. The text provides more in-depth description of apps hosted by the …
Museopunks Episode 22: Human Behavior
Museums that want to impact their visitors are often concerned with changing their behaviors. However, before any kind of change can take place, it’s important to understand visitors …
A Visitors’ Perspective on Visitor Engagement
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 issue of Museum magazine. Understanding visitors’ needs will greatly inform our work engagement While engagement might seem …
Babes in Arms: The Toledo Museum of Art reaches out to the very youngest visitors.
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2013 edition of the Museum magazine. Museums are often not considered the most baby-friendly places. With …
I Have A Confession: I’m An Adult
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2013 edition of Museum magazine. How can science museums welcome grown-ups? I don’t have children, but I like to go to science …