Features

• Fun with Purpose: A Framework for Sparking Behavioral Change in Exhibit Audiences by Christina Joy Ferwerda and Helen Divjak

• 100+ Years of FUN: An Abbreviated Timeline of Innovation, Inspiration, and Trailblazing in Museums and Exhibitions by Cheryl Bartholow

• Playing with “Fun”: Adults and Wellbeing in Exhibitions by Stefania Van Dyke and Ann Lambson

• Designing “Fun” at the New York Public Library by Urshula Barbour and Miriam R. Haier

• Playing with the History. by Carol Ghiorsi Hart and Robert Harris

• Museums and Fun: Insights from Children’s Museums and Edutainment by Isabel Diez Uriarte and Pamela Nápoles Fragoso

• Fun is Not a Four-Letter Word: An Art Museum Case Study by Rachel Keith

• The Art of Balance: Covering Sobering Topics in Exhibitions—Without Sacrificing Fun by Sarah Goodin, Akemi Mease, Tamara Schwarz, and Anna Simmons

• Cosplay for Science: Leveraging Pop Culture to Make Science More Accessible by Brittney Stoneburg, Victor Perez, Lisa Lundgren, Michael Ziegler, and Gabriel Santos

• Fun Lessons Learned from Hospitality That Can Serve Museums by Robert C. Ford and John Bowen

Departments

• President’s Letter, by Penny Jennings

• Editor’s Letter, by Ellen Snyder-Grenier

• Exhibits Newsline, by Jenny-Sayre Ramberg

• Q&A with Diane Jean-Mary

• Exhibition Critique: teamLab Borderless by David M. Kahn

• Book Review: Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers and Play by Paul Pearson

• Special Report: Winners of the 32nd Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition