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Operation Night Watch – Rijksmuseum livestream research and conservation project
On 8 July 2019 the Rijksmuseum started Operation Night Watch. This is the biggest and most wide-ranging research and conservation project in the history of...
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,...
What does great art smell like? Louvre commission 8 fragrances based on their most famous artworks
The Louvre has commissioned the top perfumers in France to create scents inspired by some of the most famous artworks in their collection. The eight...
Communicating the value of museums
Museums change lives. They educate, entertain and inspire. They provide spaces for social interaction and reflection. And they make valuable contributions to their local communities....
Is the future of museums online and what might a virtual museum look like?
I regularly work with museums to improve their use of technology to open up their collections, attract more visitors and build better relationships and the...
What are Mindful Museums and how can they help us with our mental health?
Mindfulness is a bit of a buzzword recently. This is because there are many studies that say it has a positive impact on health and...
Instagram friendly pop-up museum opens in New York to highlight the issue of plastic in our oceans
The Museum of Plastic is the latest Instagram friendly pop up to open in the United States, following in the footsteps of the Museum of...
Communicating change and marketing a Museum while closed for redevelopment
Whenever a museum or gallery closes its doors for redevelopment fears and emotions run high. Visitors lament the loss of experiences, spaces and facilities they...
The tools and tactics successful museums use to attract new visitors
Through the past decade we have seen massive social change in the UK and around the world which, during the initial stages seemed dramatic, with...
Constant Contact for Museums
Email marketing is still seen as one of the most effective ways to communicate with museum audiences. It’s hardly surprising, despite the rise of social...
Getting more out of a Museum Conference with Social Media
Although many MuseumNext delegates are adept at making the most of our museum conferences through social media, it is fair to say that even the...
Film: Bringing Autism into Museums
In 2012 I had a different career and a different life. My daughter was diagnosed on the autism spectrum and I quit my job to...
Film: In Conversation with Tristram Hunt
Jasper Visser sits down with Dr Tristram Hunt, Director of V&A at MuseumNext London in June 2019 to talk about the expansion of the V&A,...
Film: Reimagining the Science Centre
What if….you chucked out all your plans for new exhibitions and started with the questions that your visitors ask you? And you go and find...
National Gallery, London exhibits £3.6 million painting in prison
London’s National Gallery has revealed that its recently acquired self portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi went on display at HMP Prison Send, a female prison in...
If kids are looking at their phones instead of our exhibits, it’s our fault – not theirs.
By now we all must have seen the photograph, showing a group of schoolchildren apparently ignoring Rembrandt’s artistic masterpiece – seemingly engrossed instead in Facebook...
What does the the future of Museum fundraising look like?
There was a time when museum fundraising was as simple as asking your visitors to contribute to your fundraising efforts with the spare cash in...
Should your Museum be on the latest social media craze TikTok?
TikTok (also known as Douyin in China) is an app for creating and sharing short music videos and short looping videos. The platform is one of...
New York conference to explore the future of Museum storytelling?
In November 2019 MuseumNext returns to the United States with a conference about the future of museum storytelling. Storytelling is as much a part of...
Best practice in health education in Museums
Educating the population about health issues is an important part of keeping people healthy and well. Health education encompasses physical, mental, social and emotional health....
Education, exhibitions and support – Tackling the topic of Cancer in the Museum
Cancer has a major impact on society in the United States and across the world. Most people know someone whose life has been affected in...
What do Museums have to do with Death and Dying?
Death happens to us all. And yet, adjusting to a terminal diagnosis or the death of a loved one can seem like an impossible task....
