Making the Museum
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Liminal Space Research, with Dan Clevenger, Monika Smith, and Helen Ho
Museum lobbies have a huge influence on visitor experience. But what makes a good lobby?What is a “liminal space” in a museum? How does research actually work? What does “peer-reviewed research”…
“Building a Museum: This is Not a Manual” (the New Book), with Jamē Anderson, Monteil Crawley, Sarah Ghorbanian & Chris Wood
How do you build a museum?How do you build the right project team? How do you engage with community? What does it mean to plan a museum? What does it mean to design a museum? How do you align your…
“Serious Fun” at First Americans Museum, with Shoshana Wasserman, Kimberly Rodriguez, and Bill Smith
How do you design for all ages at the same time?What is “serious fun”? Does nature ever go out of style? How do you create content for both Native and non-Native audiences? What do education staff do…
What Is Sustainable Exhibition Design? with Douglas Flandro
How can we make our exhibitions more sustainable — in every way?Where do we start? What can museum teams learn from sustainability advancements in architecture? What’s a “red list?” What is the…
Inclusive Design Will Change the World, with Sina Bahram & Corey Timpson
One in four people has a disability. Why aren’t we designing museums better for them?What is inclusive design? How does it relate to universal design, or the ADA? Which disciplines and departments…
A Collaborative Approach to Exhibition Making (The New Book), with Emily Saich & Joey Noelle Scott
Is there a better way to collaborate?What’s the secret to good feedback? How do you manage 40 people in a room? Are group facilitators ever truly neutral? Should you tell your teammates their…
Making the Medal of Honor Museum, with Bassam Komati
Is a museum where experiences happen — or is the museum the experience?Can a museum be designed to inspire? What is the Medal of Honor? What role does a bold design idea have in making a project…
Mission: Collaboration, with Barbara Miller and Danae Colomer
What are the (top) secrets of better collaboration?Is collaboration like a game of ping pong? Or more like ballroom dancing? Is there a better way to disagree? Does having constraints make design ...…
The Art of Choosing a Museum Architect, with Susanna Sirefman
How do you choose the right architect for your museum?Is architecture about more than a building? Is architect selection about more than architecture? What is a design “brief”? Why are museum…
Think Like a Children's Museum, with Edwin Link
What if every museum were more like ... a children’s museum?Why is play “agnostic”? Can you design an entire museum for every generation, all at the same time? How are children’s museums like (and…
A Museum Transformed with AI, with Kimberly Beaudin & Geoff Thatcher
What can we learn from one of the most complex AI projects in any museum today? What is the history of AI in museums? Can we add AI to our experiences without a complete renovation? How do you teach…
Creating Effective Museum Experiences, with Lynda Roscoe Hartigan
What if the secret to better museums was … neuroscience? How can museums inspire human creativity? How much media should be in a gallery — or should there be any? How soon should you get feedback on…
Museum as Lab, with Ann Neumann
What if a museum were more like a laboratory? What if our exhibits were experiments? What if our galleries were more about questions, rather than answers? What if we didn’t fear failure as much? What…
Community Engagement Misconceptions, with Nu Goteh
What if we're doing community engagement … wrong? How long should the process really take for a museum or exhibition? What’s the difference between demographics and psychographics? What does it mean…
Playful Engagement, with Ed Rodley
What if we combined immersion, emotion, storytelling — and games? We all want “engagement” … but what is engagement? How can our projects create it? What are the elements that go into it? Can game…
Sculpting History, with Ivan Schwartz
Can a statue change American history?How do we decide who gets a statue? What happens when you realize how many people deserve a statue but never got one? What’s the difference between a “forensic…
Secrets of Museum Display Case Design, with Stéphanie Bilodeau
How do you make a museum display case disappear?This episode is a masterclass in museum display case design. To the untrained eye, museum display cases look like what you’d find in a gift shop. But…
Story-Based Design, with Alan Reed
Can a building tell a story?How do you design a glass wall to be ... mist? What if architecture, landscape, and exhibitions were all thought of as one thing? What changes when you etch barbed wire…
Designing with Animals, with Jacqueline Bershad
How would you design an exhibit — if an animal’s life depended on it?What is the number one reason people come to the National Aquarium? When should you take ego out of design? What is a “machine for…
Making a Memorial Museum, with Alice Greenwald
How do you make an institution that's both a museum and a memorial — at the same time?How are exhibitions like theater? Is a museum a group experience, or a personal one — or is that a trick…
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