Including the 21st Century Family
Margaret Middleton, Exhibit Designer at the Boston Children’s Museum, discusses the need for museums to critically examine the words they use pertaining to families, as they might be functioning under an outdated understanding of what a family is.
Do Museums Need Disaster Plans for People?
Linda Norris considers the ways we, as museums, can be more responsive to community needs in times of disaster.
Expanding a Shared Vision: The Evolving University Museum
In Boston, where campus life is woven into the urban fabric and the distinction between academic and non-academic networks is frequently blurred, how do university museums both fit into and evolve with their environment?
Out Loud: Oral histories make a comeback
Thanks to new and accessible technologies, oral histories are enjoying a resurgence. Using video, audio, interactive websites and social media, there’s a smorgasbord of stories right in front of us, with something delectable for everyone.
A Taxonomy of Museum Making
Desi Gonzalez shares some thoughts on museum making: initiatives that engage audiences—whether visitors, coders, or professional artists—in creating with emerging technologies.
The Virtues of Promiscuity, or, Why giving it away is the future
Ed Rodley says museums would do well to focus more on the creating and spreading the “digital DNA” of our shared cultural heritage and less on controlling access to those assets. This is a call to be both more promiscuous and more discriminating in what we share and how.
