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Bristol Museum Highlights Extinction Crisis
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery houses one of the most popular natural history collections in the UK. Recently it became the latest institution to focus...
‘Immersive experience’ to reveal Leonardo’s secrets
The National Gallery in London will break new ground in an upcoming exhibition devoted to one of the great works of the most famous artists...
2020 Museum Conference to take place in Edinburgh
We’re pleased to announce that our European conference will take place in Edinburgh on March 23 – 25th 2020. MuseumNext Edinburgh will bring together museum...
What Is Design Thinking for Museums?
Simply put, Design Thinking is a creative mindset that can be used as a methodology for bringing together input from various points of view in...
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...
How will 5G technology impact museums?
Mobile phone networks have been capable of passing data communications from their earliest iterations. However, it was not until so-called 3G came into existence that...
Access issues at Tate Modern Olafur Eliasson installation provoke anger
Limited access to an Olafur Eliasson art installation in Tate Modern has provoked an angry response from Irish Sunday Independent writer Ciara O’Connor. While visiting...
Tate Britain partners with Facebook on The Virtual Wing
This month, the use of Facebook’s popular Spark AR platform to create a virtual wing for Tate Britain spotlighted the role of augmented reality as...
Apple team up with New Museum for AR art installations
In July, the US tech giant Apple announced that it had entered into a novel collaboration with the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New...
Developing wayfinding systems in museums
How often do you end up lost in a museum? To some, stumbling across a treasure trove of unexpected artefacts sounds like a dream come...
Developing collection metadata for export and creative integrations
When onboarding new partners with collections for Urban Archive, one of the first questions we ask is, “How’s the metadata?” For the handful of organizations...
Can dating app technology work for Art Museums?
Located in downtown Atlanta, the High Museum of Art is home to a varied collection of artworks including pieces by Claude Monet, Dorothea Lange and...
Workshop: Designing your museums YouTube Strategy
In October we’re holding our popular one day MuseumNext Digital Summit in Amsterdam. Museums from across Europe have signed up to attend this conference which...
Museums working with refugees and migrants
How do museums fit into the narrative around the refugee and migrant crisis? Migration is a big political issue, both in North America and Europe....
Navigating Fundraising’s Moral Maze with a Robust Ethical Policy
These are testing times for capital ‘C’ Culture. As we move towards a more connected, more inclusive society, our cultural institutions are subject to increasing...
How Can Museums Harness the Power of WeChat?
With well over a billion users, WeChat is an app that you may never have heard of. This is because by far the majority of...
Thinking Outside the Lines: Contemporary Art in Historic Settings
The Perception of An Historic Setting Static as defined by Merriam-Webster is something, “characterized by a lack of movement, animation, or progression.” And this is...
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...
Come for the conference, stay for amazing Amsterdam
This year the MuseumNext Digital Summit takes place in Amsterdam on Friday 25th October. If you’re one of the many museum or digital professionals travelling...
In Conversation with Rijksmuseum’s Wouter van der Horst
Wouter van der Horst is the Digital Learning Educator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I was fascinated by his lecture at MuseumNext London and followed...
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...
What we can learn from Pop-Up Museums? Best practice and ideas from Instagram friendly experiences
Millennials used to seeking out the perfect selfie moment are hungry for cultural experiences that also afford them the opportunity to take great pictures for...
