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Designing Low-Carbon-Footprint Exhibitions
Working as an exhibition designer, I hear from many museum employees that their least favorite part of the process is watching an exhibition come down knowing most of the exhibition materials are headed for the landfill. This level of … -
Non-Traditional Internships Provide New Perspectives, New Educational Tools
Nemours Estate is not your typical historic site. The two-hundred-acre estate, home to Mr. Alfred I. duPont and his family from 1910 until 1970, is set apart from other stately homes of the period by the legacy Mr. duPont left after his … -
Excite, Build, Consider: A Structure for Open and Honest Feedback in Project Development
One challenge we’ve all probably faced in collaborative program and exhibit development/design is creating a space for open and honest feedback. We know candid feedback is crucial for aligning the outcome of a project with its stated goals … -
5 Ways to Keep Your Exhibit Project Moving…Remotely
Face-to-face collaboration has always been key to developing exhibitions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. So, when COVID-19 led to a statewide shelter-in-place mandate halfway through a conceptual development and design sprint, we had to … -
Making a Splash! 6 Things to Know about Exhibits with Water
It’s no surprise that many museums choose to entertain and educate visitors with the stuff that covers 71 percent of our planet’s surface. Water can contribute greatly to a wide variety of museum exhibits and to the enjoyment of audiences, … -
Taking Native Lands and Lives
Museums have power—the power to tell stories, shape narratives, and influence the lens we bring to bear on the past. That power can be harnessed for healing, as museums contribute to a reparative reexamination of history and the legacy of … -
Designing for a Divided People: Planning the permanent exhibition for the Kurdistan Museum, Erbil
“The next generation do not know about it. I talk to them, but it’s not like a film. If I tell them it may not stick, this way is more permanent.” Najiba Ahmad Hakeem, Kanitu Village, Kurdistan, Iraq about the Kurdistan Memory Programme … -
N’Sync: Aligning Expectations During an Exhibition Design Project
According to Google, pop star Justin Bieber is attributed with the quote, “Two people can look at the same thing and see it differently.” It seems more like something Heraclitus or another philosopher might’ve said. Stephen Covey wrote in …
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