Museum Trend You Can Act on in 2018: Human-centered design

Our final museum trend is human-centered design – the idea that in order to create the most effective design, discovering human experience related to the product is highly important. 5: human-centered design This last trend is a bit more abstract than the others in that it deals with more of a general approach to innovation. […]

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Museum Trend You Can Act on in 2018: Instagram-friendliness

Here is one of my favorite innovations for museums in 2018… 4: Instagram-friendliness Consider this, the first sentence from a March, 2018 New York Times article: “As guests walk into the lobby of the Indianapolis Museum of Art they are greeted by a seven-and-a-half-foot blue plastic snail, often surrounded by a group of squealing, joyful […]

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Museum Trend You Can Act on in 2018: Augmented Reality (AR)

Recently, we came across this article from Brilliant Design Studio, which describes the unique trends and issues facing the museum industry in the next year and into the future. The piece describes many upcoming challenges and really highlights the need to engage younger generations to ensure that museums will be along for decades to come. […]

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Fort Dobbs, North Carolina

While in North Carolina we had a chance to visit Fort Dobbs – an 18th century fort located near Rowan County, North Carolina, used during the French and Indian War. It served as the military headquarters for the frontier company (approximately fifty men) as well as a safe-haven for settlers.               […]

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