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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...

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The Burrell Collection wins prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year award

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow has won the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year award, the largest museum prize in the world, earning the...

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The Jackson Pollock Collection hits the blockchain

An exciting new collaboration between Iconic and The Jackson Pollock Studio will see the inaugural collection of limited-edition prints and digital artefacts released today (July...

Professional Development

What is a Museum Studies Degree? Your Ultimate Guide to Museum Studies

A Museum Studies degree is a specialized academic program designed to provide students with a deep understanding of the functions, operations, and historical contexts of...

Health

How Museums Are Reaching Out to People With Dementia

As dementia continues to affect 50 million people globally, with almost 10 million new cases every year, museums around the world are proactively reaching out...

Engagement

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...

Engagement

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...

Money

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...

Money

Small Museums Guide to Successful 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...

Money

Unravelling the potential of 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...

Digital

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...

Money

Fundraising with Museum Membership Schemes: Harnessing the Power of Digital Benefits

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...

Digital

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....

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Consult. Capture. Create.

ATS introduces new 3D photogrammetry service in partnership with Digitisation.IO and Genus. New 3D photogrammetry service offers the cultural heritage sector an end-to-end solution bringing...

Digital

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...

Digital

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...

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3 years, $50 million and 10 completely new thematic galleries: the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum opens

After three years of construction and a $50 million renovation, the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum has opened its doors – combining heady mix of...

Digital

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...

Digital

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...

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The Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist is revealed

The UK’s national charity for art, Art Fund, has announced a five museum shortlist as finalists for the 10th anniversary edition of its Museum of...

Digital

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...

Digital

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...

Digital

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...

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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...