Publications

Fall 2024: Active Disruption

Features

Can Exhibitions Effect Social Change? Evaluating ACMI’s Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion by Britt Romstad and Indigo Holcombe-James

Leave Room to Grow: The Impact of Evolving Historic Events on a Temporary Exhibition by Troy Smythe, Katherine Larson, and Sarah Pharaon

Rooted in Reform: Navigating Carceral Stories in Museum Spaces by Billye Chabot, Maria Coleman, Kate Grindstaff, and Jeff Ludwig

Through the Eyes of Another: An Artistic Collaboration Reframes Archaeological Collections by Kailen Rogers and Mohamad Hafez

Titian Meets Technology: Bringing 2D Masterpieces to Life through 3D Immersion by Cindy M. Petersen, Ed.M.

Going to the Source for The Source: Children as Co-Creators by Alli Hartley-Kong and Naomi Coquillon

A Museum Community Starts with Friends: Building Open-Source Prototypes for Audience Engagement with Project AMI by Kellian Adams Pletcher

A Space to Offer: Challenging Normative Museum Behavior and Welcoming Diverse Religious Experiences in Cultural Heritage Institutions by Emma Cieslik

Activating Change Online and in the Museum: Analyzing @changethemuseum Instagram Posts by E.Y. Zipris

Departments

President’s Letter by Marilyn Jackson

Editor’s Letter by Jeanne Normand Goswami

Exhibits Newsline by Jenny-Sayre Ramberg

Q&A: Natalie Chanin: “Preservation Can Be Disruption”

EXHIBITION CRITIQUE: How a Temporary Exhibition Marks an Institutional Move Forward by Brittany Merriam

BOOK REVIEW: Reimagined Worlds: Narrative Placemaking for People, Play, and Purpose. A Designer’s Manifesto by Luciana Calvet

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