"When I wrote my first blog post on How Museums can attract Millennials AND Baby-boomers almost two..."
"Here’s something I think we’re going to be seeing more and more of as time goes on;..."
"1. Museo Frida Kahlo Famous for being the bright, vibrant home of one of the world’s most..."
"I love the major players in the museum space, don’t get me wrong. Especially living in..."
"I’m going through a bit of an Ancient Egypt phase at the moment (see an earlier post on..."
"April 14th (this coming Saturday!) is ‘Slow Art Day’ around the world – an event..."
"I’ll admit from the outset that I am a huge advocate of video games – get me going on..."
"If it’s already been done, then why would you do it? This was the main take-away from the..."
"Since 2014 when the so-called ‘podcast boom’ was in its height, not much data has been..."
"Found it a bit ironic after having a discussion with colleagues about Museum Advocacy Day that this..."
"Interpretation can be tricky if you aren’t in tune with what visitors are actually interested..."
"Here’s something that was first brought to my attention by my other half who spotted it in..."
"Here’s a bold claim – a new (preliminary) study has suggested that medical students who..."
"At some point, your organisation is going to have the conversation about millennials. Sometimes..."
"When I started to introduce audio tours to the German market more than 25 years ago, many museum..."
"It’s always nice to have something you believe in passionately confirmed by science –..."
"Last week’s REMIX summit in London brought together again a huge variety of pioneers from..."
"Reading this fascinating article in Art Museum Teaching by Mike Murawski, I was reminded by..."
"Everyone says that your eyes are the window to your soul, but what about your ears? What about the..."
"How do I know another year has gone by far too quickly? Well it is #MuseumSelfie day again. Time to..."
"Sounds fun? It is! Google’s new app allows you to take a selfie – then, like magic, a..."
"…” Technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with..."
"During the last few weeks there has been much talk about the censorship suffered by posters for the..."
"Can you remember a time when your organization went through a major change? Perhaps like those..."
"As we start a new year, it’s nice to be reminded that some things remain constant. Sure,..."
"Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend a thought leadership talk by the esteemed, Stephen..."
"Sound is all around. Or at least it is becomingly increasingly so. Google recently entered the fray..."
"Sound idents for brands and businesses aren’t a new thing. However, they have mostly been..."
"VR is a constantly evolving beast, and this article on its ‘next frontier’ caught my..."
"So many museums struggle with the great ‘millennial/gen-z’ question: how do we engage..."
"There are pivotal moments in time that demonstrate truly remarkable feats of leadership. From..."
"Watching this fantastic video montage of Mona Lisa selfies and snaps made me ponder the reason why,..."
"When I joined Antenna, I started for an internship as a Sales Assistant and after several months,..."
"Sound Art. Even the name seems slightly at odds with itself. Will sound ever take the center stage..."
"The other day a random email popped into my inbox. The subject title was: “Alone, or as..."
"Still gathering my thoughts and notes together post-MCN, I am noticing that one big take-away can..."
"This, I agree with. However, I don’t agree that the narrative layer ‘sits on..."
"Recently, we delved into the controversial topic of museums that perhaps shouldn’t be..."
"#MCN2017 was an action-packed four days, with workshops, panel discussions, case studies, and..."
"Another year and another MCN has come and gone. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried (we’ve..."
"This is a lovely little story I spotted doing the rounds on Twitter earlier: scientists at The..."
"When The Art Newspaper broke the story of a “cyber crime wave” crashing on gallerists and..."
"I love it when the sometimes perceived snobbery of the art world dissipates in a passionate embrace..."
"About 10 months ago, I was tasked with managing our supply chain and logistics departments. With..."
"It is that time of year again – the annual MCN conference is almost upon us and I cannot..."
"Here’s something which I find 95% massively exciting: a virtual tour around a superb..."
"As we move well into the era of ‘the quantified you’ where everything from our sleeping..."
"When I was younger I used to spend a lot of time dreaming about the future. And I mean the future..."
"There’s a lot of really thought-provoking stuff going on in Dean’s article dealing..."
"I came across this article that pays homage to all the efforts the LA museum community is making..."
"It seems to me that most of us share a common childhood memory of being read to from a storybook by..."
"This is pretty darn cool – Triseum (born from an experimental interactives lab with Texas..."
"This situation has been circulating through the US muse-community news for a couple months now; for..."
"It was 3 years ago when I stumbled upon an article that would become instrumental in shaping the..."
"How many times, no matter how good an institution’s on-site interpretation, has there been..."
"I’ve seen it all over Instagram, my friends and family in NYC have all gone, and I sit here..."
"This has put a smile on my face – a deceptively light-hearted newsbite which I’ve seen..."
"For any organization to succeed, there need to be engaged and highly productive employees executing..."
"The most successful organizations are those that can prep for the future and push the envelope..."
"Recently on a trip to Barcelona, my boyfriend and I both had one stop on the top of our lists for..."
"One hundred years after his death, Paris is celebrating Auguste Rodin with 2 very different..."
"Now, this is what I call a box-ticker: dramatic historic tales to satisfy my inner geek? Check...."
"Museums and art galleries are no strangers to social media these days; many institutions’..."
"I love “living history” and find it to be one of the most personal ways to engage with,..."
"I’m addicted. Completely, utterly addicted. Every morning, I text SFMOMA. I’m..."
"I recently came across an absolutely fascinating article on the use of chatbots in museums. Which I..."
"Disclaimer I live by the sea. Well in fact we all do, that’s the point. We’re an island..."
"I think we can all agree: the daily commute is no fun. Delayed trains, crowded platforms, and the..."
"Fascinating how the cultural heritage of the global community, when looked at from a perspective of..."
"Though I too like the author am “off the market” I have heard the gamut of Tinder..."
"Everyone is familiar with the cave paintings at Lascaux, some of the earliest evidence of our..."
"It’s great to see how many institutions are backing games and play as a social tool. What I..."
"Legend says that there is a place, high above the dreams of mortal men, situated between Nirvana..."
"Today I attended a workshop organised by Clic France at Foundation Louis Vuitton, the institution..."
"Here is the opportunity to talk about the show “Futur en Seine” that will take place in..."
"It isn’t easy to have an honest, candid, and public conversation about the finer points of..."
"The phrase hacking – especially at the moment – doesn’t usually conjure up..."
"Wearables. Virtual Reality. Augmented Reality. Passing buzzwords, or the future of museums and..."
"In a contender for session of the day, I just heard Fabrice Jouvenot talk about his work on an..."
"It’s that time of year – International Museum Day is here, and museums around the world..."
"In this excellent article about App Design, Mar Dixon lists 5 things that can make a cultural tour..."
"Here’s food for thought – what if it takes the highly scientific and analytical mind of..."
"The world is wide a weird, and let’s celebrate that! Afterall, “weird” is just..."
"Last year I had the privilege of working with philosopher & cognitive scientist Alva Noë to..."
"Wikipedia co-founder Jimmey Wales is on a mission. A mission which is, some argue, the ultimate..."
"There’s a handful of cities globally that do a city-wide “Open House” once a year..."
"I’m not usually inclined towards superlatives and caps lock, but I LOVE this. This week,..."
"Damien Hirst’s new show in Venice Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is a huge..."
"This week’s post is taking a turn for the interesting… I honestly never thought that I..."
"I’m a sucker for a quirky museum – I’ve written about a few in my past posts;..."
"What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Turn off the alarm clock of your..."
"Here’s something a little bit fun to start the week off with. In a previous life, before I..."
"In 1917 the Society of Independent Artists made a decision that shook the modern art world –..."
"Looking back on the #FocusMuseum17 conference near Berlin last week, I’m still impressed by the..."
"Click. Flash! “Oops.” We have all heard the inadvertent trigger of a phone’s automatic flash..."
"Experiential exhibits have been extremely popular as of late – Kusama’s Infinity..."
"Very curious to see what comes out of this announcement — MIT is offering a $250,000..."
"No one likes to be disappointed. Be it an overcooked egg in your breakfast, missing out on a great..."
"Here’s an interesting one: as funding is cut for museums and the arts in the UK, some are..."
"When Apple introduced Siri in October 2011, very few people would have thought that intelligent..."
"Algorithms are aimed at optimizing everything. They can save lives, make things easier and conquer..."
"Okay, I apologise for the slightly clickbait-esque title to this post, but certain things in this..."
"When it comes to sharing your content onto the social networks, it is no surprise that the..."
"Below is an information-packed Slideshare which outlines two ways in which content is needed:..."
"Whoa! I don’t usually start off a post with “Whoa!”. In fact I don’t think..."
"Audiences across all cultural institutions are rapidly declining; in one of my prior posts I..."
"Working for a company that believes that experiences can be enhanced through audio, the incredible..."
"In our research for Antenna audioguides, we interview several people who work behind the scenes at..."
"Despite a slightly irrational fear of robots which probably came from watching Terminator when I..."
"One of the hottest philosophies of robotics, AR, and VR is that of the “Uncanny Valley”..."
"The enigmatic, eccentric Oscar Niemeyer has got to be one of my favourite architects. Notorious for..."
"It’s a little like one of those ads from the back pages of a 1950s newspaper: ‘Boost..."
"I wrote this last week, but saved it for International Women’s Day. I spend alot of time..."
"New media tools are necessary today to attract various target audiences, and also hold current..."
"This caught my eye earlier; a museum that’s expanding, but not in the way we might expect. As..."
"11 seconds – that’s the average time museum visitors spend looking at an exhibit. Not that..."
"More exciting developments in interpretation for the Blind. I’ll be presenting this..."
"10 years ago, I started (and very soon ended) my career as a writer, on a cultural website called..."
"How great is it that we have companies like McDonald’s that are working to honor our past and..."
"Proud to be called out in this informative white paper by SFMOMA’s Senior Content Producer..."
"One of this year’s biggest “Blockbuster” exhibitions is a retrospect of the..."
"When I was a kid and tried to learn skiing, my ski instructor told me: “you only learn skiing..."
"Nero’s extravagant villa on the Oppian Hill, the “Domus Aurea”, is only one of..."
"Without wanting to start the usual debate that often greets this statement: I’m a big fan of..."
"How to attract millennials seems to be one of the most burning questions for museums nowadays. As..."
"With the increase of virtual reality (VR) experiences the importance of sound for creating a..."
"What is interesting about technology is how it claims to make our lives easier. We even say it..."
"Tips on how to make the most of your visit. Are you one of those people who tries to see as much of..."
"Do You Believe What You See or See What You Believe? As I stand at the beach and watch the sunset,..."
"Like the entire art world, above all the Italian one, I was shocked and saddened when on the..."
"Only few people know about my passion for animation and the hours I spend trying to bring my little..."
"As app developer for the cultural sector we work hard to have our apps support built-in Assistive..."
"The thing about Big Data, is that…well…it’s big. So big, in fact, that data..."
"This past week was Demo Day for “500 Startups”, an accelerator and seed fund..."
"In the U.S. and across the globe there is a larger than life debate underway on how to protect..."
"It seems a little churlish to celebrate lost loves and broken relationships right after..."
"Ahh, Valentines Day. I was actually at a wedding this February 14th, so my day was suitably filled..."
"It’s often said that art is good for the soul: whether it prompts admiration, scorn,..."
"Museums are rapidly making their content available for their visitor’s personal phones. Embracing..."
"When in 2012 @Rijksmuseum decided to put their image library with 250000 hi-res digital images into..."
"In times of ongoing cuts in the fields of art and culture worldwide, it’s of basic importance..."
"Firstly, on behalf of Antenna I want to say how honored we are to be trusted by the most..."
"What is the story of your institution’s audio tour? If you have one, chances are it is a series..."
"I’ve been advocating a long time, along with a lot of my colleagues in the field, that we use..."
"Friday February 10, @MichaelBhaskar talked at the @NationalGallery on the subject of..."
"I love Ai Weiwei’s fearlessness of addressing political issues. And it’s amazing to see..."
"While idly pondering life’s great imponderables, it’s worth remembering that the..."
"In keeping with David Hockney’s justifiable title as Britain ‘greatest living..."
"It started with a scandal on Facebook. What I realised is that all scandals need one fundamental..."
"Could it be possible? Ten simply put, well thought out guidelines that are the key to designing a..."
"Almost everyone is our industry widely accepts the origins of the “museum” –..."
"Here’s fun: earlier in the week Beyoncé Knowles (no relation) announced she was pregnant..."
"This very recent analysis (19.1.2017) about the use of social media by Italian museums and their..."
"Ah, the age old prestige and dignified admiration that accompanies the name ‘curator’...."
"London is one of the most vibrant and culturally diverse cities in the world. And that’s..."
"When watching people in a crowd, an activity that I enjoy is to create a story about their lives,..."
"I’m hoping to get to San Diego for CSUNAT17 this year, which is sort of like CES, but focused..."
"Passionate about technologies that make culture accessible I stumbled upon this fantastic short..."
"Museum signage not only requires careful editorial and design skills, the placement and lighting is..."
"I went to my first escape room in Budapest in 2013. At the time, it was on TripAdvisor top ten..."
"Anyone who works for, or with, a visitor driven cultural organization has experienced this trend..."
"Every year since 1992, ICOM’s International Museum Day has had a theme for engagement:..."
"My blood runs saltier than most; I have seawater in my veins. Growing up in Ft. Lauderdale,..."
"Aural experiences have had a resurgence as of late – between podcasts, ASMR, and 3-D audio...."
"Interesting to see how museum visitors are engaging with digital. Osservatori has released detailed..."
"Immersive audio walks are on the rise. With ever improving technologies for localization and group..."
"Did you know that Chinese people spend almost 2 hours on social media every day? Do you know how..."
"When you visit the website of the Vatican Museums today you are welcomed by an immersive video...."
"The Venice Bienalle is one of th emost prestigious blah blah… What’s interesting in..."
"“But mommy… I don’t want to go to the museum!” – is a phrase I am..."
"I hope to be picking up a new phone this weekend, after exposing mine to more sea water than is..."
"A great article this morning from my company crush, Ideo, on the benefits of cross-disciplinary..."
"Yes, ANOTHER post about MCN – but what can I say? It was an amazing experience and I could go..."
"St. Helena Island is one of the most isolated islands in the world. Until very recently the island..."
"When I started to introduce audio tours to the German market more than 25 years ago, many museum..."
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