Have you completed a collections move and found yourself left with a plethora of foam, polyester fiberfill, and boxes that you would happily share with another institution? Or maybe you’re moving out of storage space or just closed an exhibition and have furniture you can no longer use? Repurposing archival materials and museum furniture takes...
Multimedia Forum
Presentation | 2019: Boise, ID
Presentation | 2019: Boise, ID
Museums across the country engage audiences across the sciences, arts, and humanities to create interdisciplinary experiences that help visitors understand our complex world. Learn how an art museum, living history museum, and science center expanded upon these efforts by connecting with content experts from outside their core disciplines and...
Presentation | 2019: Boise, ID
In a culture of speed, museums are ideal spaces to slow down, reflect, and connect to ourselves and others. A mental health professional who specializes in mindfulness and educators from three institutions—Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, University of Colorado Art Museum in Boulder, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art—will define mindfulness...
Presentation | 2019: Boise, ID
In this interactive session, presenters used their (vastly) different experiences as new mothers at 5+ institutions to examine relevant issues. You can learn about new ideas such as “onboarding” new parents, and explore creative strategies to ensure museums have systems in place to achieve both what’s best for the museums and for their staff....
Presentation | 2019: Boise, ID
Site-specific interpretation provides an authentic experience of place and creates a powerful lens into the legacy of an individual or cultural group. Providing visitors with a contextual experience is accomplished through methods tailored to each site’s unique characteristics. This session explores this idea in detail through four locations:...
