Newsflash that’s not really a newsflash: Museums are amazing. And in some cases, museums can literally save the day, both for their patrons and even for total strangers. To illustrate this point, in a few moments we’ll look at eight times a museum was the exact hero we needed. Full disclosure: the title of this […]
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Without question, the best thing about working in museums is sharing vast amounts, often lifetimes of history and knowledge with interested visitors of all different backgrounds. Being able to educate the public about a specific subject—and seeing their faces light up when learning something new—truly never gets old. But while we’re so focused on sharing […]
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For public museums, few funding sources are more daunting, confusing and time consuming than the Request For Proposal, or RFP. We’ve responded to our share of RFPs in our day, and yeah, they can be challenging. But as much as we’d rather curl up in bed and disappear into the latest Westworld episode whenever RFPs […]
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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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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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Here is innovation number 3 – museum pop-ups. Pop-ups are a common trend in many industries and have gained traction for museums, which allow them to reach a wider audience. Can’t travel to the museum? We will travel to you. Just landed here? Check out past museum innovations that we have highlighted including augmented reality […]
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Innovation numero dos. Virtual reality – a popular way to interact with an environment that seems real through electronic equipment like goggles. See our blog about augmented reality. We also highlight other innovative trends in museums, click to learn more. 2: Virtual Reality (VR) In the past few years, inventions like Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear […]
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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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