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What does the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) revolution mean for museums?
XR experiences are increasingly relying on visitors to use their own devices. But is this a long-term change or a short-term fix for the pandemic?...
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...
How museums can make their websites more accessible
In the age of inclusivity, making resources more accessible is the way forward for organisations and institutions across all industries. For the heritage and cultural...
How can museums see beyond the gimmicks in Virtual & Augmented Reality
When is XR (Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality) an asset and when is it a distraction for museums and their audiences? In his 2000 memoir...
How are Museums working with Prisons, Ex-Offenders and exploring the justice system?
Prisoners and ex-offenders have a complex set of needs. These need to be met in order for them to be effectively rehabilitated into society. Museums...
Can Museums Reduce Their Use of Single-Use Plastic?
Since the introduction of single-use plastic in 1960, it has been a major marine pollutant. While its invention improved the shopping industry, it has caused...
Listen up: how podcasts can create regular museum goers
The power of a museum podcast is not to be ignored. With the rise and rise of digital platforms over the past two decades, the...
6 Ways You Can Celebrate International Women’s Day at Your Museum
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...
Digital Fundraising with Virtual Events
One silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic and numerous lockdowns has been emergence and popularization of virtual events. Beginning in March 2020, organisations across the...
Plugging into Campaigns to Boost Museum Donations
Museums are profoundly generous organisations, giving access and knowledge to the public to inspire learning and create meaningful experiences. Behind this generous nature are real,...
How museums have taken advantage of the boom in online tutorials
If you have ever painted a happy little tree (or two, as everyone needs a friend) along with Bob Ross, then online tutorials may have...
Which Museum Conferences to attend in 2022?
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the great museum conferences taking place around the world, especially when virtual events make even more great...
How Museums Are Using Minecraft to Gamify Learning Experiences
If a museum is about anything, then it is about providing an engaging learning experience. Of course, in a traditional sense, learning is also about...
How to Start a Podcast for Your Museum
For museum professionals working to connect their institutions with new and existing audiences, there are an ever increasing list of channels available and it can...
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...
What does it mean to decolonize a museum?
In the past few years, museums across the US, Europe, and Australia are trying to tackle the challenge of decolonizing their institutions. However, the very...
The Impact of Teen-Centered Intensive Programming in Museums
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,...
How Are Museums Making Money Online?
With so many museums operating with reduced visitor numbers in 2020 and 2021, generating income in new ways has never been more important. Of course,...
QR codes are experiencing a resurgence but how can they benefit museums?
QR codes, or quick response codes, are now seeing a massive surge in their use, partly as a result of the pandemic. Used as a...
How are audience segmentation models adapting for the post-lockdown museum world?
Do you know your Commuterland Culturebuffs from your Kaleidoscope Creativity? These are (as the segmentation savvy will know) two of the profiles from the Audience Agency’s...
People Behind The Museums: Sanjeev Kalyanaraman, Chief Operating Officer, codemantra
As a member of the leadership team at document processing solutions provider, codemantra, Sanjeev Kalyanaraman has worked closely with the museum sector over the past...
Rules for a Playful Museum
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...
