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Exploring AI-Driven Art at the McCord Stewart Museum: The ‘Mental Maps’ Installation
The McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal has long pushed the boundaries, offering exhibitions that explore the city’s rich history and evolving identity. One of its...
How de Young’s AR Mirrors Let Visitors Try on Historic Couture
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) have embraced augmented reality (AR) to revolutionise visitor engagement, allowing museum-goers to virtually “try on” historic couture...
Nick Hodder on Building an Adaptable Museum Digital Strategy
At MuseumNext Live, Nick Hodder, then Assistant Director of Digital Transformation at Imperial War Museums, delivered a lively and thought-provoking presentation on what digital transformation...
What Happens When You Let Dogs into a Museum?
Imagine a museum filled not just with visitors but also with wagging tails and curious snouts. In 2023, the National Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw did...
Rethinking Content Strategy at The National Archives: Moving Beyond the Blog
In an age where information is consumed in bite-sized chunks and attention spans are shrinking, how do you ensure that a thousand years of history...
Museum Branding That Stands Out From The Crowd
There are some museum brands that are recognised all over the world. If you say MoMA or The Smithsonian, most people will already have an idea...
How Louvre Abu Dhabi Invited Students to Take Over the Museum
Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first Take Over the Museum programme invited university students from across the UAE to develop digital interventions answering the question “What does...
Evaluating the Evaluators: Investigating Museum Survey and Research Practices
Brianna Casas, Katherine Duval, Nicolas Lord — Master of Science, Museums and Digital Culture Program, Pratt Institute Introduction In the spring of 2024, students taking...
Insights from the My First Smartphone Festival 2024 at Beeld & Geluid
In today’s digital age, museums are exploring new frontiers as they seek to address the evolving role of technology in society. Recently, The Netherlands Institute...
How Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums supports mental health and recovery
Clara Shield, Programme Lead for Wellbeing for the Communities team at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, explains how her team is working to support...
How Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum brings innovation into the limelight
MuseumNext caught up with Ruth Murray, leader of the Community Partnerships team at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum, to find out more about the institution’s...
Addressing our changing climate with participatory museum experiences
MuseumNext recently met with the team behind a successful community engagement initiative in the Midlands, bringing cultural organisations together to discuss the issue of climate...
How Monterey Bay Aquarium welcomes visitors with unapparent disabilities
MuseumNext chatted to Beth Redmond-Jones, Vice President of Exhibitions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, about the steps her organisation is taking to ensure those with...
How De Pont Museum bridges the gap between art and community engagement
Ischa Havens, Senior Manager of Education and Public Programme at De Pont Museum for contemporary art, shares how the museum’s monthly takeover project – PUNCH....
How Are Museums Using Artificial Intelligence?
Museum AI projects serve different purposes. Some help people explore a collection; others support staff working with records or invite artists to experiment with images...
What does it take to run a meaningfully inclusive communications and marketing campaign?
At the time of this 2024 interview, Anna Cornelius was Head of Communications and Marketing for Wellcome Collection – London’s free museum and library dedicated...
Bringing the Rich History of Hip-Hop to Wales’s Museum Audiences
Kaptin Barrett brought experience as a rapper, DJ, artist manager, radio host, promoter and former Head of Music at Boomtown to his work with Amgueddfa...
How Visitor Teams Help Museums Achieve Social Impact
Museums exist to inspire, educate, and connect with audiences, striving to make a meaningful impact on visitors’ lives. But what if the key to achieving...
How Museums Are Reaching Out to People With Dementia
Dementia results from diseases like Alzheimer’s or a series of strokes that cause brain damage. It presents as memory loss, confusion, difficulties with thinking, problem-solving,...
Elma Glasgow on Embedding Anti-racism Across Museum Practice
Elma Glasgow, founder of Elma Glasgow Consulting, is a national award-winning engagement consultant, storyteller, and communications expert. She shares her expertise in influencing positive change...
How does the Natural History Museum use Illustration on Social Media to Inspire Action?
Josie Owen, Junior Digital Media Producer at the Natural History Museum, described her illustrated wildlife guides at the Creative Museums Summit 2024. The guides help...
How COSI Brings Artists into Science Learning
COSI brought artists into the project while the interpretation was still taking shape. The team protected scientific accuracy but allowed composers, choreographers and performers to...
