Museums can be hostile places for disabled visitors, with buildings that are hard to navigate by wheelchair and exhibits presented with few concessions to those with sensory or cognitive impairments. But a handful of European institutions have conducted access studies that promise to transform this dispiriting experience, drawing on expert […]

The impact of globalization, urbanization and digitalization on our lives is discussed almost every day in the media, but I would also add three other fundamental mega-trends that are influencing the development of museums: the revolution of working world due to new organizational structures and working practices, inspired by the agility and flexibility of start-ups; the affluent society, its […]

To thrive in the digital age, museums will have to think of themselves as media companies that serve an audience in various ways.

With more and more museums using data to inform their decision-making processes, visitors are reaping the benefits by enjoying a better user experience. The relationship between museums and data isn’t the first thing that jumps to mind when entering the halls that tell the story of our world’s history and […]

Experience has become a buzzword in marketing—and now it’s museums’ favorite noun, too. Remember around 10 years ago, when “curate” became the mot du jour, descending from the ivory tower of museums and white-cube galleries to describe everything from coffee carts to sneaker stores to nightclubs? Now there’s a new buzzword in […]

Fun new approach to museums and galleries catered towards Millennials.

Most people don’t go to a zoo or botanical garden expecting to be entertained by wild and  unexpected stories filled with little-known facts their tour guide has dug up. We don’t often expect high-level engagement, like games, activities or great stories. Instead, we simply go, assume we’ll walk around and […]

Museum designers help to create the visual representations and layouts of individual exhibits. They oversee how content will be laid out to best convey the information in an exhibit. As part of their jobs, museum designers may perform research to select materials for displays. They also might utilize thematically appropriate visual […]

The days of the old, stuffy, and pretentious museums are slowly becoming a relic of the past. You might view the museum as a place for the wealthy to spend their yearly bonuses on overly minimal paintings that will be placed in storage, never to be seen again, except when the work […]

Other technologies such as Cooper Hewitt’s Pen, which was given to visitors on arrival and them to collect and save objects of interest and upload them online to view post-visit whenever they want, have also pushed the possibilities of technology and its use in museums. So too has Cleveland Museum of Art’s creation of a 40ft […]