Written by Seema Rao I've written about Community Engagement often on my old blog, Brilliant Idea Studio . Last March, I wrote up ...

The Western Museum Association was kind enough to invite me to speak on a panel about engagement at their annual meeting in Boise. I was ...

Author: Seema Rao This week I’m talking about being human-centered. I’m including some failures. Why? Well, exposure of failures ...

Audience engagement is the easiest and hardest thing about our work. Let’s start with the easy. We open our doors and let people i...

This month we’ve been thinking about “What is a museum?” (I'm not alone there. Paul Bowers ' post and Mike Jones ' posts a...

This month, I want to ask us this question. As a field, who are we? I have been thinking about this question at work for the past few ...

This month, we’ve been thinking about access barriers. I took us way off the beaten path on this subject. While I do admit to loving a...

This month, I’ve been thinking about access barriers. The idea of throwing the doors wide open is something many of us dream about. Founda...

Recently, I was in Maine on a research trip/ quick family getaway. My children were fairly patient, partly as they don’t know there ...

As I said, last week, I’ve been to a travelin’ girl for the last couple of years. Not quite a troubadour, as my karaoke skills are m...

Hello World! Or maybe hello museum world! I feel a bit like a child walking around in someone else’s, slightly bigger shoes taking over ...