Exhibitions

It Takes a Village: Are You Getting These 6 Perspectives for Your Exhibition?

By David Whitemyer, AIA

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 occasion, department heads or Board members join …
Beyond the Block: Empowering Incarcerated Artists

By Michael Berlucchi

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 are being called on to play a role in addressing …
Join me in Detroit to Explore the Future of Immersive Practice

By Elizabeth Merritt

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 Immersion in Museums: AR, VR or Just Plain R?, an intense …
Out of the Blue: A Punderful Session About Out-of-the-Box Thinking

By Juliana Venegas

I love a good pun, so when I saw a session at the 2018 Annual Meeting and Museum Expo about whales and puns, I was hooked! The session began with an emotional video about nine blue whales that died in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. People …
Practice Makes Perfect: 4 Keys to Exhibit Prototyping Success

By David Whitemyer, AIA

If you’ve ever cut out a piece of cardboard the size of an exhibit graphic panel and taped it to a wall to see if it’s at a readable height, that’s prototyping. Creating a beta version of a digital interactive and inviting children to play …
Taking Chances: 6 Strategies to Encourage Risk-Taking in Exhibit Design

By David Whitemyer, AIA

Attractive and engaging exhibition projects are born from more than just good designers and interesting subjects. Successful projects are also the result of teams and leaders who take risks. Risks may include bucking industry trends, …
Six Exhibitions Recognized for Excellence by American Alliance of Museums

By American Alliance of Museums

For Immediate Release PHOENIX, AZ – Six museum exhibitions have gained accolades in the 30th annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition, presented by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Top exhibitions included: Overall Award Winner …
Gorilla Warfare: How to Handle Exhibition Errors

By David Whitemyer, AIA

It’s not a matter of if, but when. Whether an exhibition is 500 square feet with a few labels and a curator’s catalogue, or a whopping 50,000 square feet with hundreds of graphic panels and artifacts, at some point during the design and …
Designing Exhibits for Historic Structures: 6 Things to Keep in Mind

By David Whitemyer, AIA

“They aren’t purpose-built white-box spaces,” says Ken Turino, comparing historic house museums with a typical, larger institution gallery. “The rooms aren’t square. And you have to be very sensitive to the structure and every surface.” …
Meet the Jurors for the 2018 Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition!

By Catherine Wood

The 2018 Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition is open for submissions! Consider sending in some of your organization’s best recent labels for the chance to be featured in the competition’s display at the Marketplace of …