Museum Case Studies

For this case study we really went full mad-scientist and got to experiment with LabX and the National Academy of Sciences.

Strategic planning – it may sound like a corporate buzzword phrase, but more and more museums are adapting the process to meet their goals.

Warning: This case study includes donuts, cats, and possibly Egypt’s first body positive pharaoh.

Guides Kate and Julian traveled to Wisconsin to help out a group of History Museums and teach them how to upgrade their storytelling techniques.

We headed to Nebraska to the Hastings Museum to bring a fresh approach to their eclectic collection.

In downtown Santa Fe, NM, you’ll find the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum – here’s how we hacked it.

The Philbrook Museum of Art put our workshop training into action with their latest exhibition, ‘Museum Confidential.’

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 […]

Just outside of Chicago, you can visit a stunning 1,700 acres of public gardens, hiking trails, and even a herbarium. The Morton Arboretum offers an extensive nature-entered education program for visitors of all ages, a library and tree research center, and a slew of events. The only downside?

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 […]