Spread the LOVE on Valentine’s Day!
Share a valentine with your museum friends to spread the love! We’re looking forward to a stellar year. Thanks for being in our orbit! Download printable valentines here.
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Traveling Exhibition’s “Biggest Night” was at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles
The TREX Traveling Exhibitions Forum at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles hosted more than 250 museum professionals and exhibit providers announcing the newest traveling exhibitions and celebrating achievements in traveling exhibitions.
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Creating Big Impact in a Small Exhibit Space
You probably don’t associate dinosaurs with South Florida. As Florida was completely underwater during the “age of the dinosaurs,” many of the local universities and organizations focus on other areas of study. Establishing the first paleontology research program at Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science has immense possibilities for the future of this field […]
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Creating attendance-driving temporary and traveling exhibits!
We’re big advocates of changing exhibitions as way for museums to drive attendance and offer fresh experiences for visitors. John recently participated at the Association of Children’s Museums InterActivity 2024 with a session panel “Interactivity Incubators: Temporary Exhibits for Your Empty Spaces” to share tips and best practices for creating compelling temporary exhibitions for children’s […]
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Project Planning: A Project Management Crash Course & DEAI Integration
If you’re anything like us, you’ve had your share of museum jobs complete with many hats—which may have included on-the-job “training” that included the line, “You’re smart. You’ll figure it out.” Museum professionals often juggle many responsibilities and may be volunteered for duties without all of the training they need or want. At the American […]
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Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum Takes Off
On April 14th, we traveled to Amelia Earhart’s hometown of Atchison, Kansas to celebrate the opening of the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum. Founded with the mission to educate, inspire, and empower all generations in the pursuit of flight, the museum chronicles Earhart’s life, groundbreaking achievements, and houses the last remaining 1935 Lockheed Electra 10-E aircraft […]
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10 Lessons Learned Creating Children’s Museum Exhibits
We’ve learned a few things through our work developing museum exhibits over more years than we’d like to admit. Here are a few shortcuts to avoid some painful mistakes.
Your museum is a product of your organization’s unique personality and borne of your team’s ideas and values, not just a collection of stuff. When you see a great exhibit at another museum, take note of what you like about it—rather than just trying to duplicate it. What does it do well and what could be improved upon?
A Transparent View of Agriculture
The Glass Barn Our favorite projects involve taking educational content and making it understandable, interactive, and fun. Museum EXP recently led an exhibit renovation for the Indiana Soybean Alliance that allowed us to create engaging experiences that reinforce important information about agriculture in a fun way—plus we were able to include a few soybean puns. […]
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Traveling Exhibitions Network and Informal Learning Experiences Presents: AAM Traveling Exhibits Forum
As a member of the American Alliance of Museum’s Traveling Exhibitions Network board, Cynthia Brown moderated the first-ever virtual AAM Traveling Exhibitions Forum. Thanks to all of our presenters and attendees. We would have loved to see you all in person and are inspired by your creativity and resilience during a time when our industry […]
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AAM Traveling Exhibition Planning through a Pandemic
Together with the AAM Traveling Exhibits Network (TEN) Board, Cynthia Brown of Museum EXP hosted a webinar to start a dialog among traveling exhibition providers and museums. The pandemic has had a huge impact on museums and their partners. This webinar explores the issues and colleagues share their tips on how to adapt to the business interruptions the pandemic has caused.
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