Saying Goodbye to a Museum Forever: Higgins Armory Museum

Saying Goodbye to a Museum Forever: Higgins Armory Museum

One of the less happy missions I’ve been on with Storykiosk: to help visitors at the Higgins Armory Museum, a beloved cultural institution in Worcester MA since 1931, say goodbye to the museum before it closed forever on December 31. I worked with Director of Education Devon Kurtz, who had the challenging mission of developing the final exhibit for the museum.  We came up with three questions to ask visitors: What’s your favorite...

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The Wild Center: Portable “Storykiosk in a Bag”

The Wild Center: Portable “Storykiosk in a Bag”

Enjoyed a roadtrip over snowy roads to The Wild Center in upstate NY last week — an amazing museum blending indoor exhibits on nature in the Adirondacks with the Adirondacks themselves.  The installation was our first “Storykiosk in a Bag” — basically a portable version of our visitor video recording station that we’ve been installing in exhibits for years.  The advantage: it’s quick and easy to take out to...

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ACM 2012: Reggio Emilia and children’s museums

ACM 2012: Reggio Emilia and children’s museums

So now, after a visit to a leading museum based on Reggio, a keynote by the leading researcher of Reggio in the U.S., and a few trips over to Wikipedia, I think I’m coming to grips with what the Reggio Emilia approach is, and how it might effect museums.  (And even have a few thoughts about appropriate technology with Reggio). What is the Reggio Emilia approach?  Here’s what I know: it’s drawn from a city in Italy (Reggio...

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