Featuring insightful interviews with leaders from around the industry, this is the podcast companion to Making the Museum, the short daily newsletter. Subscribe here: https://www.makingthemuseum.com. MtM is hosted and written by Jonathan Alger.
Latest Episodes
8 Principles of Traveling Exhibitions, with Carol Bossert
What is this thing we call a traveling exhibition? Do they make money? Are traveling exhibitions the same as temporary ones? How can anyone plan a project for a space...
From Leading Designer to Leading a Nonprofit, with Cybelle Jones
It’s a rare moment when a leading designer swaps jobs to lead a nonprofit member organization. And then has to lead that organization through a global pandemic. What u...
Black Belt Cost Control Tips, with Jonathan Alger
(P.S. Will you be at AAM in Denver? Drop a line if you’d like to catch up there, or see if we can find Phil & Monique at the grab-and-go café.) If a project is over bu...
A Museum is a Business, with Kris Collins
What’s it really cost to build a museum? How can we find out if a project is financially viable — before we start? What are the most common ways museum projects get in...
Secrets of Complex Cultural Project Management, with Beth Van Why
How do you keep a huge cultural project on track? How do you guess the future? What’s a contingency — and why is it the difference between success and failure? Project...