Aug 83 minMapping ideas in exhibitionsIn my exhibit development classes, I have sometimes taken students to part of a history exhibition where I’ve covered up all the text. I...
May 163 minWriting in visitors' shoesI’m always imagining myself into the shoes of someone standing in front of the display. Which doesn’t exist yet.
Apr 133 minWhen your museum's namesake was an enslaverRather than sidestepping the controversy, they stepped into it.
Feb 202 minMagical effectsVisiting Het Grachtenhuis, the Canal House Museum in Amsterdam, was more like going to the theater than visiting exhibits. For me the...
Nov 14, 20224 minVisiting the center of place and timeI walked over the prime meridian purposefully, moving from Eastern to Western hemispheres with one step.
Sep 2, 20222 minWhen visitors speak many languagesHow museums in the Netherlands communicate with visitors who speak different languages.