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A podcast on exhibition planning and design for museum leaders, exhibition teams, and visitor experience professionals.
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Average audio length:
58 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
71 episodes
since Feb. 28, 2023
episodic
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Can AI be trusted to translate all our museum catalogs, artwork labels, and gallery guides well, by itself? (Hint: Nope. And we’ll find out why.)
Can a machine capture what an artist really meant? What happens when a technically correct translation is culturally embarrassing? Why do museums need bo…
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Why can’t we just ask our visitors what they want?
Why bother evaluating our design ideas? Which type of evaluation is the biggest bang for your buck? Why is “timing and tracking” a great way to find out if your exhibition works? What is the “button-mashing code?”
Jessica Sickler (Principal, J. Sic…
[ASTC 2026 Special] Science changes fast. How can science museums keep up?
What’s a “technology toolkit”? Can one interactive turn into another? Can you do that same trick with a whole room? What about a whole exhibition? What’s “Wizard of Oz-ing”? Do constraints make for better design? How could …
A very special episode of Making the Museum, for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11.
The unique, unforgettable story of the architect who found himself on the 9/11 debris pile right after the tragedy, working for years to save artifacts for a museum he could only imagine. What do you do when your two la…
If we’re not studying our visitors, how can we fulfill our mission?
What is a net promoter score? And what should a museum’s net promoter score be? How do you ask a survey question if you want a meaningful answer? What is capacity building? What is COVES, and how can people get involved with it?
R…
What could museums learn right now — from their competitors?
What’s happening out there that museums should know about? How can museums compete with a sports venue that has 18,000 seats, each with its own interactive controller? What do IP, KPI, and F&B mean? What if museums went out and learne…
How can exhibitions create positive change in the world?
Why is play the key? How can we build trust with a community that doesn’t know us? Why should exhibition makers preserve their “beginner’s mind”? What can exhibitions do climate change, polarization and global conflict? How do we measure our …
Museum lobbies have a huge influence on visitor experience. But what makes a good lobby?
What is a “liminal space” in a museum? How does research actually work? What does “peer-reviewed research” actually mean? What do researchers hope their outcomes will be? Which department of a museum is even re…
How do you build a museum?
How do you build the right project team? How do you engage with community? What does it mean to plan a museum? What does it mean to design a museum? How do you align your budget with your purpose? How do you build the story of your museum project?
Jamē Anderson, Monteil C…
How do you design for all ages at the same time?
What is “serious fun”? Does nature ever go out of style? How do you create content for both Native and non-Native audiences? What do education staff do when a gallery has no text panels? What are “Native sensibilities”? Why is Blue Deer blue?
Shoshan…
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