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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Making Space for the Future of Museums 

This post is an advertorial written by a company that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone and …

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 …

Engaging Multilingual Audiences through Translation

This post is an advertorial written by a company that serves the museum field. The views, opinions, and positions expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone and …

Increase Engagement & Protect Collections with Visible Storage

At a time when museum professionals are seeking new and meaningful ways to engage visitors, the concept of visible storage has emerged as a practical way to promote better access while also …

Sky’s the Limit: Holosonics’ Revolutionary Audio Spotlight Technology Honors Revolutionary Women at New England Air Museum

New England Women in Aviation, the permanent exhibit unveiled in March 2022 at the New England Air Museum (NEAM) in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, utilizes Holosonics’ patented directional …

Audio Spotlight Focused Sound Technology Brings Safe, Touchless Listening Experiences to Visitors of the Istanbul Cinema Museum

Holosonics’ patented directional speaker technology is seamlessly employed throughout a variety of exhibits in the recently unveiled Istanbul Cinema Museum to bring an immersive, as well as …

Three Ways Epson Moverio Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Can Enhance Visitor Experiences at Museums

As visitors are beginning to return to museums after more than a year of keeping their distance, museums may still be faced with challenges to drawing in attendees. Even prior to 2020, many …

Saxophonist Exhibit Comes Alive with Safe, Motion-Activated Directional Sound from Audio Spotlight Technology

At the Wood Museum of Springfield History exhibit Horn Man: The Life and Musical Legacy of Charles Neville, several AS-168i Audio Spotlight focused sound speakers provide sanitary, …
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Annual Report Template

Category: Governance & Support Organizations
An annual report is more than just a document; it’s a powerful engagement tool. It serves as a window into the museum’s soul, offering a transparent view of financial vitality, program …

Language/Arts: How the Verbal and Visual Intersect in Museums

Category: Alliance Blog
A picture is worth a thousand words. Or so the aphorism tells us. What, then, is the value of a single word? That is the question I have explored time and again as an educator in an art …

Define Museum: A Q&A with the Museum Glossary Project Team

Category: Alliance Blog
One of my all-time favorite sayings is, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together,” which was the case with the Museum Marketing, Communications, & Audience …

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