Think With Me
David Carr passed away unexpectedly on January 31, 2016. He was an thought leader without parallel in the cultural community. He…
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What If?
Leslie Bedford’s book The Art of Museum Exhibitions continues to influence my thinking about exhibition development. Bedford succeeds in creating a…
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Patriotism Racism Museumism
Last Friday, I aired my conversation with Teresa Bergman, author of Exhibiting Patriotism. We had taped the show several weeks before…
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Interpretive Planning for the 21st Century
Last week I had the distinct pleasure to visit with Seb Chan at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and yes, I…
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Writing and Responding to RFPs. The Dance Everyone Can Do Better
The following summary captures the discussion at the recent Conversation hosted by The Museum Group at the American Alliance of Museums…
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A colleague of mine always refers to the graphics as the redheaded step child of a project. (Note: This reference comes…
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Writing For People Who Are Standing Up
Ashley Healy’s article about experimenting with digital labeling techniques reminded me that the rules for writing good labels remain in effective…
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The Dialogic Dance
I confess that the first time I heard the term dialogic my first thought was that it had something to do…
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The Entertainment Straightjacket
During my Museum Life interview with Nancy Proctor on October 10, 2014, Nancy stated that museums need to move away from…
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The Interpretive Planner of the Future
I recently participated in the Future of Museums virtual conference, organized jointly by the New Media Consortium and AAM’s Center for…
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