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How the National Library of Australia Built Its Digitisation Appeal
The National Library of Australia faced a big challenge: raising enough money to digitise its massive collection of over 10 million items. With only 10%...
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....
Box of Culture: How Ljubljana Developed a Museum Gift
When the world shut down in 2020, museums everywhere faced the same daunting question: How do you bring culture to people when they can’t visit...
Quirky Museum Marketing Ideas to Get Noticed!
These historical museum publicity campaigns put unexpected encounters in airports, streets and everyday media. They are examples of how to attract attention in public space,...
Rules for a Playful Museum
MuseumNext takes a closer look at the Rules for a Playful Museum e-book, developed by Charlotte Derry with Manchester Museum’s visitor team. The work grew...
How Nieuwe Instituut’s Detour Guides create participatory tours
At Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, a museum for architecture, design and digital culture, Detour Guides invite visitors to explore exhibitions through a creative practitioner’s perspective...
Exploring Museum Professional Development Courses
Museum Professional Development Courses serve as vital learning pathways, tailor-made to meet the unique needs of those working in the vibrant museum industry. As the...
AI In Museums : 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...
Museum Webinars & Online Events from MuseumNext
In the ever-evolving world of museums, staying up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices is crucial for professionals. With the rise of technology, webinars...
Premier Training Opportunities for Global Museum Professionals
As the digital landscape evolves, every industry must adapt, and the museum field is no exception. For museum professionals, it’s essential to continually develop their...
How Museums Can Commission Creatives to Reach New Audiences
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland has been commissioning creatives to share archaeological finds in new ways. Its Dig It! team hired artists to respond...
Secrets to strengthening community engagement with The Newark Museum of Art
Silvia Filippini Fantoni and Darryl Dwayne Walker explain how The Newark Museum of Art’s community advisory board and local partnerships helped shape its programmes. Their...
Museum Digital Fundraising and Email Marketing
Email marketing has become a staple within the museums communications world. It’s an effective way to regularly ping updates and information straight into follower’s inboxes...
A Small Museum’s Guide to Fundraising Campaigns
Ah, fundraising. For small museums, it can be one of the most vexing issues. This is usually because simply keeping the museum afloat on a...
Getting Started with Digital Fundraising for Museums
As funding for museums seems to be shrinking and becoming increasingly competitive year over year, fundraising has become vital for our institutions. The power is...
Using Storytelling to Support Museum Fundraising
In today’s competitive fundraising landscape, museums and cultural organisations are increasingly turning to digital platforms to secure vital donations. At the recent Museum Fundraising Summit,...
How a Museum Partnered with a Makeup Artist and Influencer to Highlight Its Collections
At National Museums Scotland, the Museum Makeup project commissioned artist Yong-Chin Breslin to create looks inspired by natural science specimens. Russell Dornan, Digital Media Content...
Digital Benefits for Museum Members
Raising funds through museum membership programs is a brilliant way to get your audiences genuinely excited about what your museum is all about. Offering sneak...
How the National Portrait Gallery Built Its Schools Hub with Teachers
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… In September 2023, the National Portrait Gallery launched Schools Hub, a free, online learning resource designed to...
What Cambridge Museums Learned from Online Teacher Development
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… In early 2021, as museum doors remained closed and classrooms faced unprecedented challenges, the University of Cambridge...
How Van Gogh at School Developed Digital Lessons for Teachers
In 2014, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam set out to transform how educational materials for schools were delivered. Recognising the challenges faced by teachers—a...
How can a Museum Harness SMS Marketing to Boost Engagement and Revenue?
Abraham Ritchie, Associate Director of Digital Marketing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, described its store-focused text-marketing programme at the Museum Marketing Summit in...
