How can we stimulate the senses in our museum programmes? How can we use our sense of smell to engage visitors? My guest today, Sofia… Read More »Stimulating the senses: using smell to engage visitors
What is informal engagement and how do you create it in the museum? What makes a meaningful interaction with visitors? This week, we’re taking a… Read More »Museum visitor teams and the art of informal engagement
What is rapport, why is it important and how can we build it in our museum and gallery programmes? Read or listen to this article. I… Read More »How to build rapport in museum and gallery programmes
In his recent book, Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat, Robert R. Janes confronts the looming threat of societal collapse and urges museums… Read More »Museums and societal collapse: an interview with Robert R. Janes
Today, I’m thrilled to be chatting with Sofie Vermeiren, about The Art Bridge, a long-term collaboration between Museum Leuven and a local school, exploring how… Read More »The Art Bridge: Boosting Confidence through Visual Literacy
Today, I’m exploring how arts, culture and museums can be ‘prescribed’ for health and wellbeing with Dr. Tasha Golden, a former singer-songwriter turned public health… Read More »Arts on prescription and museums: a conversation with Tasha Golden
Today I’m talking to Andrew Westover, Eleanor McDonald Storza Director of Education at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, about how a values-engaged teaching… Read More »A values-engaged approach to gallery teaching
In today’s episode, Dr. Stephanie Smith, Learning Manager at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) in Canberra, shares insights into MoAD’s approach to engaging visitors… Read More »How to engage participants in historic spaces through inquiry and facilitation
In today’s new episode I’m talking to researcher and practice assistant, Leonie Delaey, discussing how museums engage with young people through youth boards and organisations.… Read More »Engaging and connecting with young people in museums
This week I’m responding to a question I get asked a lot: How do you approach groups that are more used to a traditional approach… Read More »9 ways to approach resistance to participative museum tours