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Julia Kennedy
New Methods in Nebraska: A Case Study with the Hastings Museum
We headed to Nebraska to the Hastings Museum to bring a fresh approach to their eclectic collection.
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Julia Kennedy
Collecting Cultural Colloquialisms: The Art of Social Tagging
#SuperImportant! How social tagging is curating a new view for collections.
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Julia Kennedy
Where Formal and Informal Education Meet: Making a Museum School
What happens when informal and formal education collide? Meet the Museum School.
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3 Tips To Immediately Reinterpret Tours: A Case Study with The Cayuga County Office of Tourism
The Cayuga County Office of Tourism, based in Auburn, NY, is a tourism promotion agency and visitor center that encourages individuals and companies to visit Cayuga County as a travel destination. Even as relatively small city, Auburn and the surrounding county is dense with unique historical sites like the Seward House Museum, the Tiffany-designed Willard […]
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Julia Kennedy
Five Museums, Two Guides, One Great Workshop: A Case Study with Buffalo Bill Center Of The West
How often does your museum’s entire staff get together in person? Some museums bring their staffs together infrequently, or only for major projects or meetings. This is understandable, even though it’s not ideal, given that cultural institutions often have many moving parts working independently to support the larger whole. That being said, it’s all too […]
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Creating Alternative Museum Experiences: A Case Study with Academy of Natural Sciences
If you want to bring in new audiences, you have to be open to experimenting. Sometimes museums are hesitant to experiment with offering alternative-style tours or programming because they fear their institution’s integrity is at risk, or they’re nervous about the public’s reaction, and those are fair things to be concerned about. But we believe […]
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Julia Kennedy
It’s The Dawning of the Age of Aquariums: A Case Study with The North Carolina Aquarium At Fort Fisher
So you read lots of case studies about museums and galleries, and while they’re somewhat relevant, zoos and aquariums have specific challenges. You have an attractively cool collection, but how can you get your visitors to want to know more and engage beyond casually browsing the galleries? We believe one of the most powerful ways […]
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Julia Kennedy
Alum Update: Viral Videos and ‘Perk’-y Personalities at Martin Van Buren’s Lindenwald
Earlier this year, we worked with the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, helping them to learn how to rapidly prototype and test out new ideas and experiences. Our guides Ethan and Emily went to Kinderhook, NY and taught the team our signature style for creating new tour content – paying particular attention to the […]
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Julia Kennedy
Infographic: 8 Books Featuring Museums
We’re all pretty familiar with Dan Brown’s “The DaVinci Code” & others in the series that prominently feature museums or museum professionals. We love books and museums – and it’s even better when the two are combined! Below we’ve rounded up eight books featuring museums. Have you read any? Let us know what you thought!
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Julia Kennedy
The Proof Is In The Numbers: Why Museums Should Care About Social Proof
Colleen Dilenschneider of ‘Know Your Own Bone’ recently wrote about how important social media is to your visitors. Around 52% of visitors to cultural organizations use social media onsite – and it has a positive impact on their satisfaction levels. So does using social media onsite increase visitor satisfaction, or do visitors who are more […]
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