The Sweet Spot for Interpretation & Questions for the Whole Team
The ideal interpretive approach is about blending staff ideas with visitor insights. First and foremost, the team should consider
The ideal interpretive approach is about blending staff ideas with visitor insights. First and foremost, the team should consider
Helping visitors engage in collections is a primary concern for museums. Museum professionals often partner with various vendors, consultants,
The best writing is complex. Persuasive text needs to inform in order to convince the reader. Inspiring texts often grow
I had the pleasure of doing the keynote talk for the Pennsylvania Museums Association conference in April, 2018. Below is
Thinking systematically about content creation requires having a facile ability to navigate between communicating the overall idea and articulating
The Aspen Institute had their annual State of Race Symposium last week. Journalist Juan Williams moderated two panels: one about
Over the last few years, there have been some heated debates behind the scenes of museum education offices about
At AAM 2018, there was a wonderful panel led by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko about Decolonization. While all the speakers were wonderful, I
Being culturally situated is a state nothing can avoid, collection objects included. Collection objects, even natural history specimens, are
The Annual American Alliance Conference 2018 was hosted in toasty Phoenix. Many participants mentioned that this conference felt like