Museum Wonders
Podcast Description
Dive deep into the world of museums!
Whether you're a museum professional or simply love going to museums join on a journey to explore the evolving landscape of museums.
Each episode features reviews of museums I attend. We'll also discuss key topics, methods, and challenges facing and challenges facing museums today.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on various topics including visitor motivations, heritage conservation, storytelling in museums, and the challenges faced by museum professionals. Episodes feature insights on personal museum visits, discussions of key texts like John Falk's work on visitor identities, and reflections on the importance of summer students in heritage roles, particularly showcased in episodes about specific historical sites and museums such as the Mather-Walls House and the Oregon Historical Society.
Dive deep into the world of museums!
Whether you’re a museum professional or simply love going to museums join on a journey to explore the evolving landscape of museums.
Each episode features reviews of museums I attend. We’ll also discuss key topics, methods, and challenges facing and challenges facing museums today.
Thanks for joining me for this episode!
In this follow up episode about text panels I discuss word count limits and accessible design such as colour, font, size.
Then I talk about an arts event I attended called First Fridays in the Exchange. Check out if your city has a similar event!
First Fridays in the Exchange (Winnipeg) https://www.firstfridayswinnipeg.org/#/
Finally, I discuss news facing the heritage, culture, and arts sector. This week focuses on budget cuts and tariffs in the United States.
Sources:
https://museum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BCMA-Exhibit-Dev-The-Art-of-Writing-110.pdf
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/learning/small-object-big-story/5-exhibition-basics/
https://id.humanrights.ca/graphic-standards-for-exhibits/text-hierarchy-and-readability/
https://info.gaylord.com/resources/accessible-exhibit-labels
https://www.aam-us.org/2021/07/01/accessible-communications-guidelines/
https://www.getty.edu/education/museum_educators/downloads/aaim_completeguide.pdf
News:
https://news.artnet.com/market/trump-tariffs-new-york-art-industry-2626074
https://news.artnet.com/market/canada-tariffs-2615628
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doge-decimates-institute-museum-library-services-imls-2626543
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/director-national-african-american-museum-on-leave-2627356
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-executive-orders-arts-2605142
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doge-imls-institute-museum-library-services-2623286
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