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A Guitar That Teaches Civil Rights, with Michele Y. Smith
What is the “humanities gap” — and why is it a huge opportunity for museums?Why can’t everybody be a philanthropist for the day? What does “cultural literacy” mean, an...
The Questions You Have to Ask Before the Project, with Carolynne Harris (Remastered April 2024)
We might think a design concept is the first step — but it’s not. What do you need to ask yourself, before you even start? What does your community want from your new ...
Rethinking Climate Control in Museums, with Roger Chang
Why is “70/50” the gold standard? Should it be? Who decided? Does every gallery really need to be 70 degrees, plus/minus two? Does every storage space really need to b...
Embracing Chaos, with Jon Maass
What if chaos in cultural projects is something to embrace, not fear? Can chaos theory give us new insights about how to manage complex work? Are we advocates for the ...
The New Louis Armstrong Center, with Regina Bain and Sara Caples
What’s the secret to success, when a project lasts years longer than planned? What keeps us going when our work takes more time? How does the subject matter of a proje...
Flourishing in Museums (New Book), with Dr. Kiersten F. Latham and Professor Brenda Cowan
What is a “growth mindset” — and why is it more important than ever for our industry?What happens when we combine museology with the fast-growing field of positive psy...
The Real Bilbao Effect, with Andy Klemmer
Can an eye-catching museum revitalize a city? The answer might surprise you. Getting the right designer is vital. If you don’t like a painting you can put it away, but...
Raising the Voices of People of Color in Museums and Exhibitions, with Sierra Van Ryck deGroot and Jinelle Thompson
How can we raise the voices of people of color in museums and exhibitions — and what stands in the way?What is Museum Hue? What constitutes a sustainable museum job, a...
The Near Future of Experience Design, with Neil Redding
What do technologies like the Apple Vision Pro mean for exhibitions and experiences? For people who create cultural destinations, the pace of technology has now become...
Assembling a Collaborative Project Team, with Beth Van Why
Great projects happen because of great teams. But how do you build that team in the first place?Who should a museum hire first, to start a major project? How do you de...
5 Secrets of Digital Experience Design, with Patrick Snee
How can we make digital experiences work for all visitors — whether kids or grandparents? Hint: it has to do with recognizing “diverse digital literacies.” When should...
Start With "Who's It For?", with Liza Rawson
What’s the very first question we should ask — before we start our projects? Should we start designing … by designing? How do we make sure we understand our audience, ...
Museum Research: Big Data Meets Thick Data, with Elena Kazlas and Adaheid Mestad
Cultural projects should be data-driven — but which *kind* of data?What’s the difference between the “big data” we all know — and “thick data”? Which is more important...
How to Build a Museum, with David Greenbaum, FAIA
What if there were just five important things to remember when you build a museum? What if the most important one of them all — had nothing to do with architecture? W...
Experiential Tech Insights, with Will Bullins
What’s the #1 thing to know about experiential technology? How long do LED walls last? (The answer will surprise you.) Is a project done when it opens, or are growing...
"Rapid Experience Design", with Clare Brown
What if there were a better way? Are the normal exhibition planning and design methods actually way too risky — and is there a way to “de-risk” them? Are our concepts ...
DEAI: Meeting ADA Standards Isn’t Enough, with Beth Ziebarth & Jan Majewski
What’s the A in DEAI, and why are the ADA guidelines not enough anymore? What’s intersectionality? What’s a “user expert”? If ADA isn’t our goal, what comes after? Thi...
"Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook", with Dr. Dori Tunstall
How can exhibition teams help to decolonize design? What are the pitfalls cultural organizations should watch out for in their DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) i...
The Visitor Engagement Lifecycle, with Samir Bitar
What if the best way to market an exhibition — wasn't marketing?What do we need to do better to help visitors find us in the first place? When they do, how do we engag...
Learning from "Matters of Experience", with Abigail Honor and Brenda Cowan
Three podcast hosts join forces in a single show to discuss the latest in experience design. It’s a fast-paced three-way session covering half a dozen broad themes, an...
Behind the Scenes at "Exhibition" Journal, with Ian Kerrigan
What if there were a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal for the whole exhibition community? What if it featured the leading organizations, practitioners and ideas tha...
We Are All Temporarily Enabled, with Phillip Tiongson
What if accessible design was for everybody, starting with … ourselves? What if we are all only temporarily enabled? How can a broader philosophy of access benefit eve...
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...
Sneak Peek at the Upcoming “Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook”, with Tim McNeil
What are “streakers, strollers and studiers”? How can we plan better projects using the “attract, reveal, reward” system? What’s a “wunderkammer”? What can we expect i...
L.A.T.C.H. - The Five Ways to Organize Any Content (The Podcast)
What’s the best way to organize the content in our experiences? What tricks are we forgetting to try? And what if you learned there were five ways to do it — and only ...
8 Ways to Be “Phygital”, with Alin Tocmacov
Is everything “phygital”? Are all our projects now neither physical nor digital, but both? How can a “phygital mindset” lead to better experience design? Exhibition de...