Engagement

The value of “connectivity” has come into sharp focus in recent times. As we’ve become more dependent on digital technologies for both work and play,...

Stories are universal. We all read, watch and listen to them. We all tell them. Stories are part of what makes us human. In fact,...

Do you collect anything? Do you have a shelf of treasured children’s books or an album of stamps? Or even a collection of mugs that...

Unexpectedly, the world moved into a new phase that comprised of a global health pandemic and socio-political awakenings. As a museum leader at the Art...

The State Library of New South Wales started two online after school programs during the pandemic; Art Club and Young Writer’s Club. Art Club is...

Could the curators of your next exhibition be in the classrooms of your local schools? The Harley Gallery recently partnered with 3 local schools to...

In this digital age, 89% of people use online reviews as “social proof” to help them make decisions on which museums and attractions they should...

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland have been commissioning creatives to share archaeological finds in a new and interesting way. In 2020, they hired a...

Many museums provide engaging and educational activities for children, but these tend to be geared towards those age five and above. The Museum of Communication...

Museum fatigue is the term for when museum guests get overwhelmed with information and are no longer able to take in facts. It is a...

As a new museum for food opens in Rome it’s a great time to look at how food can help museums to inspire their visitors....

You know what they say about assumption… That’s why evidence-based, audience-led programming is essential to long-term museum engagement. As technology and connectivity evolve at pace,...

By thinking outside the box, these cultural establishments have been able to take visitor and audience engagement to new levels. The old adage of “If...

Contemporary art has become a common feature in our heritage sites. And for good reason. These are projects that interpret, that inspire and that shock....

They say that distance makes the heart grow fonder. And for the institutions that have not only maintained audience engagement but grown it over the...

They say an image can convey a thousand words. But what about the context behind that image? Here’s how audio tours are helping to deepen...

Over the past decade museums have increasingly looked to diversify both their collections and the stories that they tell to become more representative of their...

It’s one thing to get teens through the door of your museum, it’s another to provide serious benefit to them for doing so. Lifelong benefit,...

Ahead of February’s Museums, Games and Play Summit, MuseumNext takes a closer look at the Rules for a Playful Museum e-book created by Charlotte Derry...

The best museum labels do more than provide information. A great museum label takes its reader on a revelatory journey, reframing perceptions along the way...

As the project lead on Children’s Season for the Museum Roundtable, Nicola Mah’s role involves looking for new ways to feature the diversity of Singapore...

User Centred Design (UCD) offers radical opportunities for user-driven exhibitions that fill a genuine need in people’s lives. It is a process that offers opportunity...

With an impressive background in museums and education, Dr Helen Charman, Director of Learning and National Programmes at the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in...

Earlier this year as quarantine fell upon the US, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its satellite contemporary art space the Momentary, both located...