Oct 10, 20234 minSpeaking with uncertainty during planningIf we talk as if our designs and the ideal result match perfectly, we won't see ways to improve the plan.
Aug 8, 20233 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 16, 20233 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 13, 20233 minWhen your museum's namesake was an enslaverRather than sidestepping the controversy, they stepped into it.
Feb 20, 20232 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.