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The Spaceship Solution: How museums can use experimental technology to solve problems
Picture this: children and adults alike standing on the grounds of a museum on an early winter morning, sipping hot cocoa. Their eyes reach upward as they watch a three-foot spaceman …
A New Way to See: Looking at museums through the eyes of the blind
Let’s talk about accessibility. In the twenty-first century era of inclusivity, museums are working towards making the visitor experience a more positive and unique one, as part of efforts …
Museums Are Entering The World Of Medicine With Prescriptions And Therapy Sessions
Museophiles might have always considered their visits therapeutic, but some institutions are making the arrangement more formal in new experimental programs. In partnerships with medical …
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 …