Mapping ideas in exhibitions
In my exhibit development classes, I have sometimes taken students to part of a history exhibition where I’ve covered up all the text. I...
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Every story has a shape.
- May 16
- 3 min
Writing in visitors' shoes
I’m always imagining myself into the shoes of someone standing in front of the display. Which doesn’t exist yet.
- Apr 13
- 3 min
When your museum's namesake was an enslaver
Rather than sidestepping the controversy, they stepped into it.
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Magical effects
Visiting Het Grachtenhuis, the Canal House Museum in Amsterdam, was more like going to the theater than visiting exhibits. For me the...
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
Visiting the center of place and time
I walked over the prime meridian purposefully, moving from Eastern to Western hemispheres with one step.
- Sep 2, 2022
- 2 min
When visitors speak many languages
How museums in the Netherlands communicate with visitors who speak different languages.
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