The Glue that Holds Museums Together (Part 2 of 2)
Graphics are the glue that holds museums together but what makes a great graphic? The first step in developing a graphic is the right content. Compelling images are the most important part…
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Reawakening 2021
By Bryan Graham For most of us in the Museum Community, 2020 truly was far worse than the haircuts chops men performed staring in the bathroom mirror or the awful do-it-yourself hair…
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Graphics: the Glue that Holds Things Together
A great story and one-of-a-kind artifacts may be at the heart of every great museum, but graphics are the glue that hold it together. The design of a museum’s graphics sets the…
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New Deal Murals Returned Home
For several decades, the New Deal murals of artist Xavier Gonzalez hung with pride on the walls of Kilgore’s Depression era post office. Since 1999 the Art has been in the care…
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6 Expert Ways to Properly Disinfect a Public Space
By Mr. James Careless In Light of Covid 19 and with permission from our friends at Church.Design. Museum Arts would like to take the opportunity to reprint an excellent article by Mr.…
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Enhance Your Storytelling
Let’s explore a couple ways exhibits can be heightened by developing the unseen.
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Loving Care for Family Treasures
If you live with treasured antiques, treat them as you would like to be treated. Artifacts made of fabric, wood, paper, or plastic are safest in the same conditions that make humans comfortable. Anything else is destructive.
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Captivate Repeat Visitors with Little to No Budget
In order to keep your museum from getting stale, we have a few suggestions on how to keep repeat visitors engaged without redoing your whole collection.
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Interactive Exhibits: What’s Best for Your Museum – Digital or Analog?
Let’s face it-exhibits can be very expensive! Interactivity adds even more costs to a basic exhibit. For the sake of argument, I’m generically dividing museum interactive exhibits into 2 categories-Digital and Analog.…
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Museum Maintenance Tips To Keep Exhibits Looking New
Walking into a museum, it becomes clear very quickly if the museum and its exhibits and artifacts are a priority to the establishment. Burned out bulbs, dusty artifacts, smudged glass, and worn…
