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Using ethical AI to understand audience behaviour and drive informed innovation

Andy Crouch explains how the team at Akumen is utilising “ethical AI” to better understand the emotions and behaviours of audiences through their own words....

Avatars talking: Learning Buddies of the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum

Linda Reiter and Anna Konrath of Fluxguide explain how they worked with the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum – the German Mining Museum – to create an...

How are museums using artificial intelligence, and is AI the future of museums?

Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is a powerful tool being used all around us — but it’s not exactly new. Although it was first fully developed...

User Generated Content to Connect an International Audience

MuseumNext delves into the world of user generated content with Anna Selle and Kim Cabrera from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York....

How Museums are using Augmented Reality

Augmented reality is the process of using technology to superimpose images, text or sounds on top of what a person can already see. It uses...

Virtual Reality is a big trend in museums, but what are the best examples of museums using VR?

Is this the year when Virtual Reality (VR) finally achieves mainstream success? It seems so, with the tech giants Apple, Microsoft and Meta all betting...

Nothing about us without us: Improving digital accessibility for museum visitors

Ryan Dodge outlines how a headline exhibition at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum gained a new lease on life. The exhibition was also made...

Case closed? The utilisation of CT technology in the museum

Matthias Göggerle sat down with MuseumNext to explain how Computed Tomography (CT) technology has enabled the Deutsches Museum in Munich to digitise multi-material historical artefacts...

New technological approaches to hybrid and remote guided tours

MuseumNext chats to Jussi Ängeslevä about the shortcomings of existing hybrid and remote tours and how a recent research project conducted in partnership with the...

Exploring the power of open APIs with the Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

Tord Nilsen explains the benefits of open APIs for museums and explains how the Nasjonalmuseet’s recent project – My Collection – has used the API...

How the National Museum of Wildlife Art developed its award-winning video series, Bisoncast

Jane Lavino and Carrie Schwartz share how the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s desire to make collections more accessible and relevant brought about the launch...

How the Jewish Museum Berlin developed a hybrid game in conjunction with its Children’s Council

MuseumNext catches up with the team at the Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB) to talk hybrid games, consulting with children, and testing concepts in fun and...

Creating digital interactive labels at the North Carolina Museum of Art

Felicia Ingram and Kevin Kane offer an insight into the world of digital touch labelling and how it can be used to enhance visitor engagement...

Bringing Augmented Reality to card games at Explora Children’s Museum of Rome

Paolo De Gasperis, Head of Digital and EdTech at Explora Children’s Museum of Rome, shares how his museum brought a card game to life by...

Scientific tools, immersive exhibitions and emotional connections: exploring “Invisible Worlds” with Marc Tamschick

MuseumNext finds out more about how the American Museum of Natural History’s “Invisible Worlds” exhibition was brought to vivid and immersive life, ahead of its...

Leveraging AI to increase visitor numbers at the Spazju Kreattiv, Malta

Cesare Fialà, Co-Founder and CEO of Culture Hint, explains how his optimisation platform worked with the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage in Malta and Culture Venture...

Cultural adventures, immersive environments and broken glass: exploring SHMOG NXT in Shanghai

MuseumNext sits down with Tilman Thürmer, Design Director and Vice President of the Shanghai Museum of Glass, to find out how the museum is taking...

Augmented Reality in full flight: exploring digital storytelling in 3D with Wintor and the National Military Museum

Freek Teunen, CCO of Wintor AR Tours, shares his company’s recent experience of working with the National Military Museum to incorporate augmented reality into its...

Building a Robust Museum Digital Content Strategy

For the past couple of years, MuseumNext summits have reinforced the idea that the most thriving museums are those where digital departments do not exist...

Making museum websites accessible: adventures in alt text with the Amon Carter Museum of American Art

All museums should aspire to make their websites more accessible to diverse user groups. Michelle Padilla and Peggy Speir share with MuseumNext their experience in...

How are museums using TikTok?

Although TikTok is still considered to be the new social media kid on the block, it’s incredible growth in recent years makes it hard to...

Digital storytelling in the museum: Inspiration from Van Gogh Museum

We museums are generous. We collect and exhibit objects and spread their stories, often to make lessons of the past tangible and to inspire people...

In conversation with: Brendon McGetrick, Creative Director at Museum of the Future, Dubai

An internationally respected writer, designer and curator, Brendon McGetrick has worked all over the world, exploring new avenues in design, invention and innovation. His career...

Living Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery

There’s been no shortage of discussion surrounding the theme of museum closures in recent years. But while this has largely been as a response to...