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How The Right Storage Can Preserve Artist-Built Environments

This post is an advertorial written by an organization that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not necessarily reflect the views, …

How Spacesaver Revived a Historic Church Studio with Customized Storage Solutions

This post is an advertorial written by an organization that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not necessarily reflect the views, …

Getting Art Out of Storage with Art Bridges Foundation

Everyone, no matter where they live, deserves access to art, and expanding arts access is critical to the development of our communities. That's why at Art Bridges, we believe that by engaging with artworks that expose visitors to …

Expand Access to American Art with Art Bridges Foundation

Ask someone working in the arts why they work in the arts. Often the answer lies in a formative experience in youth, when exposure to great art inspired and instilled a drive to share that experience w…

Bring Great American Art to Your Museum with Art Bridges Foundation

With a growing network of over 220 museums of all sizes and locations, Art Bridges provides financial and strategic support for traveling exhibitions, loans from the Art Bridges Collection and other institutions, and programs designed to …

Immersive Auditory Experiences at the Molina Family Latino Gallery within the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino unveiled its first gallery dedicated to Latino history and culture, the Molina Family Latino Gallery at the National Museum of American History. The 4,500-square-foot gallery serves …

Audio Spotlight Focused Sound Technology Delivers Messages of Peace at the United Nations

The United Nations Technology Museum at UN Headquarters in New York City utilizes a tight row of Audio Spotlight directional speakers to provide immersive, focused sound fields at key positions along the audio-visual timeline display in …

AAMC Foundation Publishes Best Practices Guide for Conducting Artist Identity Surveys

The AAMC Foundation has released the Best Practices Guide for Artist Demographic Data Coordination, the first resource of its kind for art organizations providing a detailed overview of how to prepare for and execute an artist demographic …

Making Space for the Future of Museums 

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Four Inexpensive Ways to Use QR Codes to Engage Your Patrons

QR codes can create links between your physical museum and the virtual world, all with a quick click from a patron’s mobile device. You can create QR codes for free using the many tools available on the internet, and they can link to …

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