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Play, interactivity and environmental responsibility

Primeval forest of Silva is an award-winning interactive workshop and immersive experience for children. Launched in June 2022 to critical acclaim and visitor delight, the...

Creating a playful space for all at Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Jason Povlotsky and Stavros Mavrakis of Quarterre design studio share their experience of supporting Buffalo AKG Art Museum and the Lego Foundation on the development...

From self-guided tours to event organisation: Goosechase

Interactive experience platform, Goosechase, helps organisations to engage their communities and encourage participation around the world. With a track record for working with tourist attractions,...

Playful Exhibition Design for Everyone

What I have learned about the value of play from my career in children’s museums Adults are just children who have grown older. This is...

Engaging young visitors at Bletchley Park through gamification

MuseumNext chats to Emily Scott-Dearing and Erica Munro about how they worked to strengthen the multigenerational offering at Bletchley Park, the top-secret home of World...

Promoting positive connections with playboxes at the National Museum of the Royal Navy

Claire Hargreaves, Public Programming Manager and Producer for the National Museum of the Royal Navy, and Stephanie Jefferies, play designer of Play Explore Art, share...

It’s all fun and games: how Shepparton Art Museum is using play to engage young visitors

Olivia Trenorden, Public Programs Coordinator at the Shepparton Art Museum, shares how utilising low-tech, low-cost resources can help create a sense of play among young...

Increasing parent-child interaction through play at the Science Centre Singapore

Alida Goh and Lah Jia Min, Science Educators at KidsSTOP™, share how their Little Footprints initiative is enhancing interactions between parents and children within a...

Why do stories matter to museums and how can museums become better storytellers?

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,...

Rules for a Playful Museum

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

How the creative use of audio tours is attracting a new museum audience

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...

Reimagining Museum Tours: How Creatives are Transforming the Museum Experience

Museum fatigue, the overwhelming feeling that guests experience when presented with an abundance of information, can hinder their ability to absorb facts. This struggle is...

How Museums Can Commission Creatives to Reach New Audiences

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland have been commissioning creatives to share archaeological finds in a new and interesting way. They hired a team of...

Secrets to strengthening community engagement with The Newark Museum of Art

Silvia Filippini Fantoni and Darryl Dwayne Walker share the strategies and techniques that have helped them to dramatically increase the diversity of museum visitors and...

How museums use tone of voice to reveal their hidden personalities

What does your museum sound like? I’m not referring to the chatter of schoolchildren or the ambient hum of dehumidifiers. What do the words you...

How can museums develop a deeper connection with their visitors?

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,...

How user-curated collections can help visitors be creative

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...

Virtual School Programs at Art Gallery of Ontario

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...

Online After School Programs That Encourage Creativity

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...

Can Schoolkids Curate Exhibitions?

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...

Creating Toddler-Inclusive Museum Experiences

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...

Cooking history – how food inspired events can enrich museum engagement

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....

The benefits of taking an audience-led approach to museum programming

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,...

6 museums successfully cementing relationships with their audiences

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...