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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...
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...
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,...
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...
There are some museum brands that are recognised all over the world. If you say MoMA or The Smithsonian, most people will already have an idea...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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, or quick response codes, are now seeing a massive surge in their use, partly as a result of the pandemic. Used as a...
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...
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...
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...
In August 2020, Instagram launched a new content format for its users, to compete with the ever growing popularity of TikTok and integrate more diversity...
Known to hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok, as _theiconoclass, Mary McGillivray is an art historian with a difference. Her lessons in art history...
“How are you? I mean that, because you actually mean that at the minute. When we’re asking (I don’t know if you remember) when we’re...
Membership schemes are a great way to get audiences invested in your museum’s mission and vision by offering them behind the scenes access and content...
Museum exhibits can be pricey. Whether it’s a permanent installation or a travelling exhibition, myriad influences can affect the cost. Image acquisition, AV hardware, shipping,...
If you’ve been one of the multitudes of holidaymakers heading to the UK countryside this summer, you might have been faced with slow internet connections...