This blog post is a love letter to an exhibit, written in patchouli ink across the back of an old Janis Joplin record. This week, the Denve...

This guest post was written by Koven J. Smith , who makes technology things at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He writes about the les...

In my continuing quest to find elegant ways to integrate technology into the museum experience, we come to interpretative material and the s...

I’ve had it with museums’ obsession with open-ended self-expression. I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly s...

Spring is here and it’s time to talk to strangers. On Sunday April 5, I’ll be conducting a collaborative experiment with 15 intrepid Univer...

I once asked Eric Siegel, the Director of the New York Hall of Science, why museums are rarely innovative shining stars on the cutting edge ...

Jane McGonigal and the folks from IFTF have released a new future-casting game/collaborative experience called Signtific Lab . Unlike Sup...

Many museums are experimenting with “back channel” platforms that allow visitors and staff to chat and share content while onsite at the mu...

This guest post was written by Ruben Huele and describes the scenario-based strategic process used at the Dutch Natural History Museum, Natu...

As many of you know, I’m writing a book about participatory design for museums. I’m using a wiki to do so, and a few intrepid generous fol...