Tag: Museum

The Brooklyn Museum Reimagines A Painful Period in African-American Culture with a Refreshing and Beautifully Thought-Provoking Exhibit

With so many cultural events and attractions in New York City intent on diverting your attention and submerging you into their offerings, it’s no wonder deciding which one to attend can be incredibly daunting. I found myself in this predicament recently and opted for the newly opened Brooklyn ...

Newsroom: Columbus Museum of Art presents Quilting a Future: Contemporary Quilts and American Tradition opening October 6, 2023

Quilting a Future finds its roots in the Museum’s Wasserstrom Collection, a vast collection consisting of nearly 400 traditional American quilts ranging from the early nineteenth century to present day. Showcasing the expansive history of quilting, the Wasserstrom Collection provides a sp...

How to walk into a museum and write about a work of art — one way.

You walk into a museum or a gallery from a busy street. You walk around to choose and to write about one work of art for instance, White Center by Mark Rothko, dated 1957. Mark Rothko, White Center, Oil on canvas, 84 x 72 in. (213.36 x 182.88 cm), 1957 You are now standing in fro...

Newsroom: Columbus Museum of Art presents Sarah Rosalena: In All Directions on view at The Pizzuti starting September 9, 2023

Sarah Rosalena disrupts the politics of discovery by fusing traditional and Indigenous craft, astronomical data, and emerging technologies Sarah Rosalena, Transposing A Form, 2020. Ceramic 3D print of MMS-2 Enhanced Mars Simulant, bentonite clay, aluminum-based glaze. Courtesy of Blum & P...

Working at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. This is what happened to me. It does not exist in a vacuum.

Lilly Lai is a Chinese/Anglo artist who has lived and worked on Darug and Gadigal land of the Eora Nation At 18 I got offered the role of Business Administration Trainee (BAT) at the MCA. The position was advertised as an opportunity for young people wanting to begin a career in the arts sector w...

The Jewish Museum Remembers Kynaston McShine

The Jewish Museum is saddened to learn about the passing of Kynaston McShine (1935–2018). He was a visionary curator, and on the staff of the Jewish Museum from 1965–1967 as Curator of Painting and Sculpture, and from 1967–1968 as Acting Director. McShine organized many exhibitions...

Q+A with Director at the Baltimore Museum of Art Dr. Asma Naeem

Welcome to a new episode of “The Truth in This Art”! Join our host, Rob Lee, as he converses with the remarkable Asma Naeem, the Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director at the Baltimore Museum of Art and curator of “The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” exhibi...

Things to do when in Amsterdam — Nemo Science Museum

The famous capital city of the Netherlands — Amsterdam is known all around the world for many things that are exciting for all age groups. Starting from its 17th-century Golden Age to its artistic approach to town planning. Beautiful old towns with canals and great museums attract tourists fro...

Famous museum closed to the public. The renovation will take as long as 14 years

The Pergamon Museum, one of Berlin’s most popular attractions, will undergo a major renovation. This is the last moment to see the collection of ancient art exhibits up close. [Photo: Balou46This file was imported from Wikivoyage Shared., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons] ...

DDR Museum

When in Berlin, we visited the DDR museum which showed a lot of personal details of what it would be like to live in the DDR (AKA German Democratic Republic, or East Germany). The residents of the DDR lived under strict communism, and a planned economy. They were not allowed to go to West Germany, a...

Revisiting “The Lost Museum: Berlin Sculpture & Paintings Collections 70 Years After World War II”

Ona blustery day in late March 2015, I took refuge in Berlin’s Bode Museum for an insightful, curator-led tour of an exhibit called “The Lost Museum, Das Werschwundene Museum.” The German term verschwundene could also be translated as missing or disappeared. ...

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Although I’ve only been once, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, will always be one of my favorites. Unlike some of the other museums I’ve had the privilege to visit (and some of those my parents dragged me to when I was young), The Gardner feels like a comfort...

The Dublin Writers Museum

In July and August 2005, I spent two weeks in Ireland. Most of it was with a tour group via a public radio station, before I stayed at a Dublin hostel for three days. I just discovered online that the Dublin Writers Museum permanently closed during the pandemic. A placard on the Oscar Wilde H...

Edinburgh — The Writer’s Museum

Edinburgh is perhaps the only city in the world with a huge monument and a museum dedicated to its writers. Home to many famous writers — Robert Burns (1759–1996), Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), and Sir Arthur Conon Doyle, to name a few &...

Riverside Museum

Initially, I didn’t get the intention of Zaha Hadid for the design of the Riverside Museum, Glasgow’s museum of transportation. If it’s seen from the sky, it has the unique shape that could be beautiful to some. But that’s not how we see the building. View...

Istanbul’s Most Dramatic Museum: Panorama Museum (With Images)

In 1453, Sultan Mehmed II launches one of the greatest attacks of all history on the majestic and most powerful walls of the world at that time — the walls of constantinople. Employing the latest war technology, that is the new and advanced cannons that can fire balls of 500 kg at a magnificen...

Top Things to do in Mexico City: Soumaya Museum

This is Mexican billionaire Carlos Slims’ personal art collection and wow is it extravagant! There are 66,000 pieces of work here. I am perhaps most amazed by the fact that a person, ONE single person, has a collection of 66,000 pieces of anything-that’s crazy! The museum itself i...

Revisiting the Museum Experience

In our first research, we were excited about what different avenues we could use to bring people and culture in the 21st century. We researched digital transformations, virtual reality, and other new experiences in hopes of finding one that had succeeded at congregating a larger amount of the contem...

My Visit to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum

There are two particular areas, located under the 9/11 Memorial Pools, that prohibit photography and the staff often reminds visitors, many from other countries, of the rules. The first area houses a powerful memorial for each of the victims of the tragedy. The second area is a ver...

A Quiet Museum in Prague

I entered to marble staircases and elegant corridors. Beautiful blue and white pieces of Renaissance ceramics adorned the stairs. Even the windows offered amazing views over the city. I could’ve spent an hour walking up those stairs. Schwarzenberg Palace Museum is part of the National Museu...

Fast Fox Guides | Vienna Natural History Museum

Now, don’t let our adult bodies fool you; deep down, we’re just big kids. So, when we discovered that a natural history museum with dinosaurs existed in that city, it was a no-brainer. The museum’s exterior was nothing short of a masterpiece, flaunting grand architecture with in...

Book Review: The Living Museum

Santa Claus delivered presents early this year. It is a present I will always treasure. The Living Museum is a book by Ishika Ramakrishna, Anisha Jayadevan, Janhavi Rajan, and Manini Bansal. This book discusses the animals, insects, and birds around us. I was amazed to know th...

The Jewish Reredos in the Anglo-Catholic Museum

The Evangelists was by the end of Percival’s life — he died at 49 of cirrhosis and anemia at his country estate in Chester County — in a changing neighborhood where demographic patterns did not support the ongoing existence of a parish of Protestant Episcopalians. Survivi...

Adventures of an ALMOST Fifty-Year Old Backpacker: The National Museum of the American Indian

It’s not that I wasn’t aware of American Indian history. When I used to teach my U.S. History course, the first lesson was always about pre-Colombian cultures. The problem was that I placed them neatly in a narrative versus diving deeply into their belief systems. It was a start, but in ...

James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art reflect devotion to art

The significant collection of the museum consisting of over 400 works in the museum, all from the James’ private collection including about 3,000 pieces. The James Museum has its roots in the deeply felt passion for art and culture shared by co-founders Tom and Mary James, and their love...

Case Study: Cultural Heritage

Did you know that according to Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, everyone has the fundamental right to freely participate in the cultural life of their community, engage with the arts, and benefit from scientific advan...

Navigating the Museum Landscape: The Transformative Power of Big Data in Museology

In the digital age, museums are not immune to the transformative power of technology. One such technological marvel that is reshaping the landscape of museology is big data. Big data, with its ability to analyze vast and complex datasets, is providing museums with unprecedented insights into visitor...

I Didn’t Break into the Philadelphia Museum of Art Yesterday!

It was ten in the morning, and I was meeting my pal Janet at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. After spending a moment enjoying the sight of the tourists clustered around the iconic Rocky statue, I climbed the 72 steps to the museum entrance. I didn’t sprint up them like Sylvester Stallone on...

AI and the Future of Museum Work

These days, I engage with a lot of programming about AI and the future of work. These discussions tend to focus on industry and government work. Somewhat overlooked (as of now) is the idea artificial intelligence technologies have a lot to offer to nonprofits of all kinds. Museums — places ...

BYU Museum of Art in Provo, Utah

I belong to our ward’s “Literary Cluster Club”. We do book reviews of a different book each month. Each person gets a turn hosting the meeting at their home or somewhere else. This month, we went to the BYU (Brigham Young University) Museum of Art. One of the perks of this mu...

Designing The Invisible Interaction of Museum Collections

User experience designers usually design for something tangible or something we can see. We design digital interactions for websites and mobile applications. We also deal with services when we design bank services. The interaction we design can also involve physical objects, like the design button i...

Co-creating with children | A toolkit for historical museum spaces

Children are full of creativity. Their untainted view of the world allows them to see unlimited possibilities, that many adults have learnt to ignore, to their misfortune. What is the best way to harvest this creativity? How do you stimulate it and how do you direct it towards a common goal? Over th...

What is Museum Experience Design (MXD)?

In today’s digital age, User Experience (UX) Design has emerged as a pivotal discipline that shapes the way we interact with technology. It goes beyond mere aesthetics and focuses on creating meaningful, intuitive, and delightful experiences for users. The same principles can be appl...

The museum audience segmentation: My 8 types of museum visitors tool

It was not a lot of time ago that I have experienced why visitors’ behaviours are so important for museums. The literature on the topic is vast, but as a museum professional and passionate museum visitor, I am going to give you some tips to discover what kind of visitor you might be. Ev...

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Museum Apps Uncovered

When is the last time you’ve visited a museum? If you’ve done so using an app you probably know the experience can be appalling. Most of the times it’s just better to have a simple audio-guide or a real one. We live in the age of AI, so why are so many museum apps missing the ma...

Easy And Cheap Automatic Museum Guide For Any Museum With ChatGPT

In today’s world of high costs, shortage of trained staff, small or non existent budgets, environmental considerations (why print more paper), health concerns (those costly exhibit tour devices do not clean themselves), the Artificial Intelligence (AI) of ChatGPT is a great advantage to the av...

NRA National Firearms Museum, Fairfax, VA

I was going into this museum with a plan to spend there no more than an hour — hour and half. I mean, how long do you need to look at guns, amirite? Wrong. The museum collection is huge. For the first ten minutes I was under the impression that they just stuck all these rifles into glas...

10 Free Virtual Museum Tours You Can Take Right Now (No Headset Required)

Learn how to recreate the augmented reality gallery wall  Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida Although Dali was considered the father of surrealism, he helped push for other art styles to be more well known including pointillism, futurism, impressionism and cubism. T...

Maramures museum

Settled in the core of Romania, the Maramureș Town Exhibition Hall offers a captivating window into the past, introducing a vivid encounter into the country life of the Maramureș district. This outdoor gallery, frequently wrapped in the tranquil fogs of history, is something beyond an assortment o...

Museum Accessibility by Design

For a number of years, many cultural institutions have viewed access as an issue of critical importance, yet the discussions remain problematic. The topic is increasingly present at conferences, and specialized courses are expanding, while more and more institutions are investing resources in this a...

Museum Features Legendary Hip Hop Jewelry

In a city renowned for its cultural institutions and groundbreaking exhibitions, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is set to host a captivating showcase that promises to dazzle and inspire. Titled “Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry,” this immersive exhibit ...

2024 Forecast: Using Web3 to Power Tokenized Museum Membership

Each year, an area of interest seems to be at the center of attention for museum Web3 innovation. Before 2021, the focus was mostly on accepting crypto donations, which the Hammer Museum did in 2015. 2021 was the NFT boom, and we saw museums tokenizing collections, as the British Museum or the Offiz...

A Review of the BenCab Museum's contemporary Artwork

Last June of this year, I was blessed with the opportunity to travel to Baguio city with my family for a few days of relaxation. Baguio, as Filipinos have long since known it, has long since been called the “summer capital of the Philippines” due to its natural beauty, mountainous enviro...

A Selfie Museum

Hi Friends! I hope you are doing well and haven’t forgotten about me. My life was very chaotic in the last couple of months, so I did not have enough time to write here on Medium. I went to Zagreb to visit my brother. By accident, we spotted a selfie museum and decided to see what it was al...

Museum Metamorphosis : Day 8

I’ve advocated that many organisational problems can be eliminated through properly documented roles and responsibilities, which are regularly reviewed and discussed with staff. This isn’t about job titles or organisational hierarchies but making it clear which people are responsible for...

How to save hi-res images from museum websites

When I worked in publishing, I used to do a lot of picture research. I’d love to go deep into a topic and uncover amazing, little-known, pictures that captured a special time and place. On these trawls through the internet, however, I would frequently come across websites that did everythin...

Museum Metamorphosis : Day 7

I feel like I’m managing to clear out some of the worst toxic behaviours from the organisation, bit by bit. Is this what it means to be a disruptor? The biggest challenge was about to start. Previously, trustees made every decision, no matter how large or trivial. Analysis paralysis didn&rs...

The art of museum shitposting

I used to use a Venn diagram of ‘What we want’ and ‘What audiences want’ (inherited from my former manager at the Royal Academy of Arts, Louise Cohen) to say ‘our content should be in this little overlap here’. I’ve since added a new circle: What works on th...

Improving the museum experience — app that helps you better navigate around museums

Museums experienced a 20% attendance decrease between 2008 and 2018 in France* Since the 1970s, museums have been suffering a profound crisis, resulting in decreasing audiences and increased critiques. Yet, the purpose of this type of institution is to make heritage and culture accessib...

Designing Museum Experiences: A Paradigm Shift towards Visitor-Centric Design

This paper critically examines the book Designing Museum Experiences by Mark Walhimer, published in December 2021 by Rowman & Littlefield. The book comprehensively explores visitor-centric design strategies and methodologies, aiming to redefine the traditional museum experience. This p...

Museum Metamorphosis : Day 5

At my first meeting as a new volunteer at the museum, all 10 new recruits were made trustees. That made 12 trustees in total, and a grand total of 0 volunteers. If you’ve ever worked in a charity you’ll probably understand what a bizarre situation that is and you may even be able to g...

British Museum App Redesign

I conducted desk research before starting this project to better understand the British Museum, its business model, its collections, how the app worked, and the behavior of its users. I also performed a product audit on The British Museum App to make sure I understood the problem I was attempting...

MONA Museum: Hobart, Tasmania

With its distinctive brand voice, Mona has become an emblem of unconventional expression, challenging the boundaries of contemporary art. Here, you’ll find a curated collection that showcases both internationally acclaimed artists and emerging talents, pushing the boundaries of traditional nor...

Mindfulness at the Natural History Museum

I spent half an hour in the National History Museum (NHM) vault this morning. Alone with 296 diamonds; the Aurora Pyramid of Hope is a glittering display of extremely rare stones in every color of the rainbow. They even glow in the dark. As soon as the museum opens, I make a beeline to the gem ro...

A museum app for curious explorers- UX case study

Museums and public institutions have always been an integral part of our society. They never failed to narrate stories of humanity and give hope to our humankind. Since the ’70s, museums and public buildings have been facing a profound crisis. People simply are not connected to their culture a...

Breaking the ice with an art museum.

If I look at the counterparts of an art museum, let’s say a science museum, we know it carries exhibits that deal with concepts of science. When I go to a history museum I know that the artefacts displayed there are of historical significance, but when I go to an art museum it is there because...

Visit the Jesuit House Museum: A Hidden Hint of History

Claimed to have been built in 1730, the Jesuit House Museum is one of the oldest museums in Cebu. It’s a building that is rich in Philippine history. Located in the former business district of Parian, this heritage house is frequented by many tourists and locals alike. Its owner, Chinese...

Understanding the Art of Museum Exploration — UX Case Study

Tools: CDX Matrix, Lean Survey Canvas, Interviews, Surveys, Affinity Diagram, User Persona, Emotion board, Empathy Map, User Journey Map, storyboard, Problem statement, Ideations, Round Robin, Crazy 8s, Wireframes and Useberry app  Introduction: As aspiring UX/UI designers, we&rsqu...

How to Work with Museum Boards: A Relationship Between the Staff and the Board

There are a number of responsibilities boards have for museums and other non-profit organizations. According to Hugh H. Genoways and Lynne M. Ireland’s Museum Administration 2.0, board members have a number of responsibilities including but not limited to: ensure the continuity of the mus...

Part II: How to Create Inspiring Museum Audio Guides with Lou Giansante.

When writing kid/family tours, I’ve sometimes used two kids or teens as narrators, either as themselves or playing characters. Other times I’ve paired an adult with a kid. For instance a few years ago, I wrote a family tour for the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The narrators are ...

It’s Complicated: Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto @ Victoria & Albert Museum, London

More than little black dresses, this was Chanel in colour, with sparkles, sequins and feathers! As well as focusing on her everyday ‘lounge’ wear, we also got to see her evening dresses and cocktail suits, suits in an array of rainbow colours, her use of florals and patterns, and practic...

Make Bell Labs an Internet Museum

Bell Labs, the historic headwaters of so many inventions that now define our digital age, is closing in Murray Hill, its latest owners moving to more modern headquarters in New Brunswick. The Labs should be preserved as a historic site and more. I propose that Bell Labs be opened to the pu...

Fragmented Reality and Decolonization: A MET Museum Reflection

When I took the AP Art History class during my exchange year in high school in Chicago, I had only thought about art for its aesthetic. I remember the class would have us do matrices where we had to analyze the physical detail of an artwork and its functions in history. During our museum visits to s...

The Many Actors of the Drowned Meadow Cottage Museum

On the corner of West Broadway and Barnum Avenue in the village of Port Jefferson lies a remarkable structure from the 18th century. The residence that Culper Spy Ring member Phillips Roe once lived in was turned into a historical museum in 2022. Although the Drowned Meadow Cottage Museum is not ...

V&A Museum of Childhood — Case Study

This assignment was the first group project at the General Assembly. The teachers assigned us a well-known client, although the brief was conceptual. My client, for the 2-week sprint, was the cherished Victoria and Albert Childhood Museum! The Brief Due to the COVID-19 pandem...

Barriers to Entry: An Infrastructure of Exclusion in the Museum

I’ve been wanting to write this article for a while now, but I have been struggling with the content of this particular topic. In part, because it requires me to confront racism in the museum, and my own complicity in shaping policies and hiring practices that have unintentionally created barr...

4 Strategies for Creating Effective Museum Evaluations.

In our latest meeting of the Museum Mindshare community, we gathered to discuss the importance of evaluation within our institutions and our professional practices. At Gesso, we recognize the value of data and analytics in helping museum professionals make informed decisions about how to best serve ...

Edremit Güre and “Kazdağı Museum”

There is a very cute museum if your path passes through Güre, I had the opportunity to come by while I passed Güre. You can find many tourist hotels, SPA hotels.I recommend you to visit. You can also taste the coffee after walking on the sand. Whereas, 12km from Edremit, on on...

How Diffusion Models are Revolutionizing the Museum Experience

Museums have long been bastions of history and culture, offering a glimpse into the past and igniting curiosity about the world around us. But in an age dominated by technology, museums need to constantly innovate to remain relevant and engaging. This is where diffusion models, a type of artifi...

I was invited to the National Museum Of Oman

The top photo is a night view of Muscat’s Gulf of Oman. Today’s story is also about Oman. Previously, I wrote about my visit to the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, the day after my arrival in Oman. The next day, I was scheduled to visit the Ministry of Education, but it was la...

Museum Marvels Revealed: How AI Unlocks Secrets and Speeds Up Cataloging

Imagine a vast museum collection with countless artifacts, some adorned with detailed descriptions, others shrouded in mystery. Cataloging such treasures can be a daunting task, often requiring meticulous research and expert knowledge. But what if there was a way to expedite this process, unlocking ...

Discovering Untold Stories: A Travel Influencer’s Guide to the International African American Museum in Charleston

Today, I’m thrilled to take you on a journey that transcends time and dives deep into the rich tapestry of American history. Join me as we explore the captivating and essential International African American Museum (IAAM) in the heart of Charleston, a destination that not only promises an enli...

How to Make Your Own Home Museum Displays

Tynan has done four things in the above photo that we’ll review: Custom description labels, Professional plexiglass case, Featured lighting, and Custom wall mountings. I interviewed him to find out why and how he did it. This article will help you upgrade how you show ...

Enhancing the overall user experience for museum visitors

This project is part of the Ironhack UX UI Design Bootcamp I am currently enrolled. During this project we were challenged to tackle a Wicked problem as a group. We chose the topic Culture and Heritage and embarked in the journey to ask ourselves this question: How might we help museums and other...