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Measuring the Impact of Museum Websites

There is no question that the web has made it possible for museums to radically extend the reach of their collections....

The Marketing-Driven Museum Website

A website is a powerful marketing tool. It can be equipped with sophisticated marketing systems designed to convert visitors into customers,...

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The Future of Museum Software

When contemplating the future of museum software, just consider how radically all software has changed in just the past decade or...

How to Craft a Museum Content Strategy

Last month we evaluated the struggle many museums have in articulating a cohesive digital content strategy. We suggested that one of...

The Visual Display of Museum Impact

All museums aim to make an impact. Many resources are poured into preserving, protecting, and promoting a museum’s collections, programs, and...

Sites In the Service of Museum Scholarship

Behind the scenes at your local museum, curators, researchers, and historians make fascinating discoveries that deepen our understanding of our world’s...

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Content Strategies for Museum Websites

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Episode 11: Jay Cosnett and Erin Brasell of Oregon Historical Society
Episode 10: Jennifer Henel of Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art
Episode 9: Adrienne Clark of Museum of Pop Culture
Episode 8: Charissa Sedor and Ralph Crewe of Carnegie Science Center
The front entrance to the Field Museum
Episode 7: Katharine Uhrich of Field Museum
The red building of the Brooklyn Historic Society
Episode 6: Tess Colwell of Brooklyn Historical Society
Episode 5: Tricia Robson and Emily Jennings of FAMSF
Episode 4: Meredith Duncan and Claire Lanier of #MuseumSnowballFight
Episode 11: Jay Cosnett and Erin Brasell of Oregon Historical Society

My guests today are Jay Cosnett...

Episode 10: Jennifer Henel of Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art

My guest today is Jennifer Henel,...

Episode 9: Adrienne Clark of Museum of Pop Culture

If you’re like Adrienne Clark, you...

Episode 8: Charissa Sedor and Ralph Crewe of Carnegie Science Center

Charissa Sedor and Ralph Crew host...

The front entrance to the Field Museum
Episode 7: Katharine Uhrich of Field Museum

My guest today is Katharine Uhrich...

The red building of the Brooklyn Historic Society
Episode 6: Tess Colwell of Brooklyn Historical Society

If you’ve ever managed a museum...

Episode 5: Tricia Robson and Emily Jennings of FAMSF

Tricia Robson is the Director of...

Episode 4: Meredith Duncan and Claire Lanier of #MuseumSnowballFight

My guests today are Meredith Duncan,...

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Leveraging a DAMS to Publish your Online Collection

Integrating your museum’s collection with your existing website is no easy feat and at times can seem very daunting. However,...

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Making Content Strategy a Habit

When we work with museums to build new websites or optimize their existing web content, we like to kick off...

Museum Design Workshop

Every museum is unique. Each has a specific collection that no other museum can claim and the stories about this...

2018 Museum Gift-Giving Guide

Museums offer a vast treasure trove of items for the public to view. Museum shops offer an equally vast trove...

An Editorial Calendar for Museum Blogs

As I’ve noted in a previous article, there are an astounding amount of inactive museum blogs out there. My colleagues...

Taking the Step Toward Micro-donations

Every so often I’m in line checking out at the grocery store when the cashier asks, “would you like to...

Scrolljacking
A Note on Scrolljacking

We are scrollers. The average person scrolls the height of a 7-floor building each day on their phone. Add the...

What’s in a Name? Gutenberg and the Future of WordPress Content Editing

There are a few names in history that are connected to people who have so dramatically changed the world that...

A Case Study of Deep Zoom with OpenSeadragon

In recent years, museums have made great strides to seamlessly integrate their collections with their existing websites. Cost-prohibitive technical limitations...

Blogs Need a New Name.

In preparation for a report we’re putting together on museums’ digital technologies, I scoured over 1,300 museum websites, asking each...

Take a (well designed) Chance

If you have spent nearly as much time as we have examining museum websites, you’re bound to encounter a couple...

Preparing for your Museum Website Redesign

You’ve been asked to lead the website redesign for your museum. Maybe you have a good idea of what this...