Exhibition Journal

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Designing To Inspire: Translating Empathy into Action

By Maggie Jacobstein Stern and Jha D Amazi

This op-ed first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your copy of the full upcoming issues …
Reflecting on Duty of Care: A New Floor, Not a Ceiling

By Stephanie Mach, PhD

This op-ed first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. In January 2024, revised regulations for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) went into …
Building Empathy by Developing an Ethically Sourced Materials Policy

By Douglas Flandro

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of the full upcoming issues or purchase the …
Witnessing Change: An Exhibition’s Enduring Impact on Museum Ethics and Practice

By Felix Berry, Matthew Cutler, and Lisa Quirion

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your digital copy of the full upcoming issues or purchase the …
Ethical Deliberation in Divisive Times: Q&A with Janet Marstine

By Dr. Janet Marstine and Jeanne Normand Goswami

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2025) Vol. 44 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. What do we mean by “ethics”? We think we agree on what ethical behavior is, but do we really? How can we continue to forge …
Rooted in Reform: Navigating Carceral Stories in Museum Spaces

By Billye Chabot, Maria Coleman, Kate Grindstaff, Jeff Ludwig

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2024) Vol. 43 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your copy of the full upcoming issues. The small city of Auburn, …
Leave Room to Grow: The Impact of Evolving Historic Events on a Temporary Exhibition

By Troy Smythe, Katherine Larson, Sarah Pharaon

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Fall 2024) Vol. 43 No. 2 and is reproduced with permission. If you don’t read the journal, become a member to receive your copy of the full upcoming issues. As museum professionals we …
Beyond the Mannequin: Indigenous Bodies, Presence, and Textiles in Two Exhibitions at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca

By Ariadna Solís and Hector M. Meneses Lozano

Who decides how a body is represented inside a museum? This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2024) Vol. 43 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Museums, as institutions that sustain a certain visual order, have …
Climate Solutions: How Audience Research Helped Us Support Visitors in Envisioning Alternate Climate Realities

By Katie Chandler, Jen Kretser, & Stephanie Ratcliffe

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2024) Vol. 43 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission. Solutions to climate change exist. We have the knowledge. We have the technology. What is required now is the …
Moments That Matter: Toward a Visitor-Centered Understanding of Belonging in Museum Spaces

By Evelyn Ronning, Sarah Lukowski, Amy Grack Nelson, Marjorie Bequette

Imagine being a visitor or a member of a visiting group walking into the lobby of a museum you’re familiar with: you see a sign proclaiming “you belong here.” How would you get a sense of belonging in that space? What would you see, hear, …