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Students Solve a History Mystery and Teach a Lesson in Collaboration
Fourth and fifth graders at Silverton Elementary School reversed roles with teachers and set an example of how museums and schools can work together to broaden the telling of a community’s …
Where the Seats Have No Name: In Defense of Museum Benches
Sitting gets a bad rap. The last few years have seen articles and media outlets touting that “Sitting is the new smoking.” Standing desks are the latest office furniture trend. And in …
Gone Digital: Creating Space-Saving Museum Exhibitions
Most museums, large and small, have space issues, but the problem can be much more acute for local history museums. Developing creative, space-conscious methods for mounting exhibitions and …
By Any Means Necessary: Digital, Virtual, and Travelling African American and Civil Rights Exhibitions
It was such an honor to attend the 40th Association of African American Museums (AAAM) conference. To be surrounded by people that are so passionate and committed to keeping the legacies …
It Takes a Village: Are You Getting These 6 Perspectives for Your Exhibition?
Many exhibition development teams are made up of curators and content specialists, museum leadership, and designers (3D designers, graphic designers, and sometimes in-house fabricators). On …
Beyond the Block: Empowering Incarcerated Artists
As I noted in TrendsWatch 2017, museums’ communities are being buffeted by the economic, cultural, and political fallout from current inequities in the justice system. Increasingly, museums …
Join me in Detroit to Explore the Future of Immersive Practice
I’ve spent the past week designing some futurist exercises for a convening the Alliance is organizing at Detroit Institute of Arts, September 6-7. My colleagues and I are organizing …