Exhibits Exchange: Give Old Exhibits A New Home!
Search ExhibiTricks Blog
Paul Orselli, Chief Instigator
Give Your Project Some
Click HERE to contact Paul and find out how to stretch your resources and explore new museum exhibit design possibilities.
Some Links for Information and Inspiration
Favorite ExhibiTricks Posts
Blog Archive
- ► 2009 (95)
- ► 2008 (112)
Post Topic Labels
- "A Day Without PowerPoint"
- "Best Museum" Lists are the worst
- "classic" exhibits
- "The Participatory Museum”
- "Wall O' Boxes"
- #AAM2017
- #ASTC2015
- #ASTC2016
- #ASTC2017
- #ASTC2018
- #ASTC2019
- #Ecsite2018
- #IA17
- #MuseumWorkersSpeak
- #NEMA2018
- #NYCMER17
- 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About
- 123d
- 200th Post
- 3D printers
- 400 posts
- 500 Posts
- 507 Mechanical Movements
- 600 Posts
- 7 days
- A Practical Guide to Museum Ethics
- AAM
- AAM Conference
- AAPT Films
- Aaron Goldblatt
- AASLH
- Abstract:The Art of Design
- access
- accessibility
- ACM
- Acoustics
- Active Learning
- Active Prolonged Engagement
- Acton Discovery Museum
- Acton Discovery Museums
- admissions policies
- advice
- AfriGadget
- aha!
- Aim Higher. Work Faster. Solving Problems. ExhibiTricks
- AirJelly
- Airplanes
- Alan Friedman
- Albecht Durer House
- Albedo Paint
- Alchemy Studio
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Alliance for Childhood
- amazing
- Americans for the Arts
- Amisha Gadani
- AMM
- Amy Dickinson
- anatomy
- Andrew Coletti
- Anish Kapoor
- Annual Survey of Museum-Goers
- Antarctic International Children's Museum
- Apollo 11
- appreciating
- Apps
- Arbor Scientific
- architectureisfun
- Archives
- Arduino
- ARIEL Project
- Art
- art and science
- art museums
- Arthur Ganson
- Arts + Social Impact Explorer
- arts funding
- As Little Design As Possible
- ASCI
- aspiring museum professionals
- Association of Children's Museums
- Association of Midwest Museums
- Association of Science-Technology Centers
- ASTC
- Aten Reign
- Atlas Obscura
- attendance
- attitudes
- attractions
- audiences
- Audubon
- augmented reality
- Austin History Center
- Austin Kleon
- Autodesk
- AVAM
- Axel Huttinger
- Babar
- babyCAD
- bad exhibits
- balloons
- Baltimore Museum of Industry
- Bank Street
- Barbara Punt
- Bay Area Discovery Museum
- Be Kind Rewind
- Beck Tench
- Berlin
- Bernie Zubrowski
- Berthil van Beek
- Best Of
- Beth Maloney
- Beth Redmond-Jones
- Beverly Serrell
- Big Data
- Big Idea
- Big Picture
- Bigelow's
- Bits
- Black Hills Institute
- Bob Beatty
- Body Worlds
- bogus museum speak
- Bonnie Siegler
- book repair
- books
- boring museums
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
- Boston MFA
- Brad Larson
- brainstorming
- Brenda Riley
- Brendan Iribe
- Brian Eno
- Bristlebot
- Brooklyn Brainery
- Brought To Life
- Budget
- budget stretchers
- building internal capacity
- Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Museums
- Bunker 599
- cable ties
- CAISE
- Cake Boss
- Caleb Charland
- Camera On A Car Wheel
- Canon Creative Park
- Cara Dodge
- Carol Bossert
- Carol Bosset
- Carolynne Harris
- Cas Holman
- cast
- Cavalry 360°
- chairs
- Chalkboard Paint
- challenge
- charettes
- Charissa Ruth
- Charity Counts
- Cheapbooks Greatest Hits
- chemistry sets
- Chicago Scenic
- children's museum exhibit design
- children's museum exhibits
- Children's Museum of Phoenix
- Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
- Children's Museum of the Arts
- Children's Museums
- China
- Chris Burda
- Christina Ferwerda
- Chrome Music Lab
- Circuit Scribe
- Circus
- Citizen Science
- citizen-science
- Civil Rights Memorial Center
- Claire Mildrum
- Classics
- cleaning up
- CleanWriter
- clever
- Clifford Wagner
- Cloud
- Cloud Gate
- Collections
- collective memory
- Communication
- communities
- community input
- community support
- computer-based exhibits
- contemplative museum spaces
- contest
- context
- conversations
- Cooking:The Exhibition
- cool stuff
- cool tools
- Cornell
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- COSI Toledo
- counters in exhibits
- crafts
- creat
- Creating Exhibitions
- Creating Exhibitions Symposium
- Creative Collisions
- creative design
- creative design toolbox
- Creative Inspiration
- creativity
- crowdsourcing
- Cultural Equity and Inclusion In Museums
- cultural exhibits
- culture
- curatorship
- Customer Service
- D.O.T.S.
- Daily Rituals
- Damon Belanger
- Dan Spock
- Dana Schloss
- dangerous science
- Darwin
- Data Stories
- Data Visualization
- Dave Patten
- Dave Taylor
- de Young Museum
- Dear Client: This Book Will Teach You How to Get What You Want from Creative People
- Derby Museums
- design
- design inspiration
- Design Lab
- Designer Resolutions
- Designer's Watch List
- Detroit
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Detroit Zoo
- dialog
- Dieter Rams
- Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Good Design
- different projects
- digital museums
- Dimensions
- Dimensions magazine
- Dinner Party of Ideas
- dinosaur art
- dinosaur exhibits
- dinosaur illustration
- Dinosaurs
- dioramas
- Dirk Koy
- Discover magazine
- Discovery TSX
- Disney
- Disney Institute
- Disney Research
- Disneyland
- diversity
- DIY
- Documentation Center
- doing more with less
- Dollar Store Design
- dollhouses
- don't let them steal your dreams
- Don't Stop
- Donald Trump
- donations
- Donor Recognition examples
- Donor Walls
- draw.io. diagrams. online tools
- Dream Projects
- dreams
- DTC
- duct tape
- early childhood exhibits
- easter eggs
- ebooks
- eco-commerce
- ECSITE
- edifice complex
- editing your exhibits
- Education and Outreach
- Elaine Gurian
- Elaine Gurian accessibility
- elevators
- Eli Kuslansky
- Ellie Byrom-Hailey
- ELVIS the Exhibit Prototyper?
- Emerging Museum Professionals
- Emily Black Fry
- Emily Dawson
- emotions
- encore posts
- energy
- EnerJar
- Equal Justice Initiative
- equity
- Ergi
- Erika Keissner
- Erika Kiessner
- Escape Velocity
- Etch-A-Sketch
- ethics
- Evaluation
- Evernote
- Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
- evolution activities
- Exhibit Aphorisms
- exhibit articles
- Exhibit Cheapbooks
- exhibit contracts
- Exhibit Design
- exhibit design inspiration
- exhibit development
- exhibit diplomacy
- exhibit ideas
- exhibit inspiration
- Exhibit journal
- Exhibit Labels
- Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach
- Exhibit List
- exhibit maintenance
- exhibit manifesto
- exhibit materials
- Exhibit Resources
- exhibit rhythm
- Exhibit SEED
- Exhibit Seeds
- exhibit software
- exhibit solutions
- exhibit supplies
- Exhibit Teams
- exhibit tech
- exhibit tools
- Exhibit workshops
- ExhibitFiles
- exhibition design
- exhibition development
- Exhibition journal
- Exhibitionist journal
- ExhibiTricks
- exhibits
- Exhibits Exchange
- ExhibitSEED
- exit strategies
- Experimonth
- Exploratorium
- fabrication
- Fair Pay
- Fairbanks Children's Museum
- Families
- family audiences
- Family Inclusion
- Fan
- Father's Day
- Federal Funding
- FindSounds
- Fireworks
- Fiscal Cliff
- FIT
- Flight Activities
- Flip Video Spotlight
- FLUX Foundation
- Foldify
- Food Safety Music Videos
- fortune cookies
- FotoJet
- Foundation for Early Learning
- Frances Glessner Lee
- Frank Oppenheimer
- Fred Wilson
- FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY!
- free downloads
- Free Exhibit
- free exhibit design resources
- Free Museums
- Fulbright Fellowship
- Fulbright Specialist
- Fulbright Specialist Program
- fun
- funding
- funny
- Gail Anderson
- games
- Garden of Gizmos
- Gary Vikan
- GBC
- gears
- Gecko Group
- George Mayer
- Germany
- Ghibli Museum
- Giant Newton's Cradle
- Gift Shop
- Girl Museum
- gizmologist
- gizmos
- GLOBE at Night
- glow in the dark
- Golden Ray Migration photos
- Golden Rule
- good books
- Good Experience
- Google Correlate
- Google Doodle
- Google Field Trip
- Google Grants
- Google Reader
- grants
- Graphic Design
- Graphics
- gratitude
- Gravity Wells
- Great Big Exhibit Resource List
- Great Museums
- green design
- green exhibits
- green gadgets
- green museums
- Gross National Happiness
- group dynamics
- Guggenheim
- Gulliver's Gate
- gum
- Hack the Museum
- Hacking The Museum
- Hand to Hand
- hands-on exhibits
- Hannah Hethmon
- Happiness
- Happy Museum Project
- HappyOrNot
- hard topics
- Harry White
- Hayao Miyazaki
- HCI
- HCI+ISE
- health exhibits
- Hidden Tech
- High Quality
- History
- history exhibits
- History Museums
- HOMAGO
- hope
- Howtoons
- Human Computer Interface
- human scale
- humor
- humor in museums
- Huttinger
- Hydrophobic Paint
- iBooks
- Iceland
- ICOM
- ICOM-ITC
- icy and sot
- IdeaPaint
- ideas
- IDEO
- Ideum
- If money were no object
- IKEA Hacker
- image tools
- IMIN
- IMLS
- IMLS projects
- importance of museums
- inclusive museums
- Indianapolis Children's Museum
- industrial design
- Infinity Mirrored Room
- Infinity Room
- informalscience.org
- information vs. knowledge
- innovation
- inside the box
- inspiration
- instructional videos
- interactive environments
- interactive exhibits
- InterActivity
- interesting
- interesting museums
- interfaces
- International Museum Community
- International Museums
- Interviews
- intimate museum spaces
- Inventables
- iPads
- Is It a Museum? non-traditional museums
- Isabella Bruno
- J.J. Abrams
- James Kuether
- James Turrell
- Jamie Glavic
- Jane Werner
- Janet Kamien
- Jason Jay Stevens
- JC Whitney
- Jeanne Vergeront
- Jeri Robinson
- JiaJia Fei
- Jim Spadaccini
- Jiyeon Song
- JJ Abrams
- JJ Rivera
- Joe Vena
- John Cage
- Johnny Lee
- JOIDES Resolution
- Jony Ive
- JRA
- junk
- KaBOOM
- Karen Wilkinson
- Kate Marciniec
- Kathy McLean
- Kevin Von Aelst
- keys
- Kickstarter
- Kubik Maltbie
- Kyrie Kellet
- Labor
- Language
- lasers
- Leahy Environmental Summit
- learning
- Leave No Holes
- leaving the museum field
- LEDs
- LEGO
- Legos
- Lena Herzog
- Lenticular Graphics
- levels
- Libya
- Libya Children's Museum
- light
- Linda Conlon
- Linda Norris
- lines
- Liquid Shard
- Lisa Brahms
- looking back
- loose parts
- Los Angeles County Arts Commission
- Lost
- love your work
- Loyalists vs. Mercenaries
- Lucid Stead Mirror House
- Lucimara Letelier
- LUMO
- Lyn Wood
- Lynne Friman
- MAAM
- MacArthur grants
- Macklemore
- MagPie Time
- MAH
- MailChimp
- MAKE magazine
- MAKEDO
- Maker Faire
- Maker Movement
- Maker Spaces
- Maker's Faire
- makers
- Makers Spaces
- Makerspaces
- MaKey MaKey
- Making
- Making Museums Better
- Making/History
- Many Ways to say Thanks
- Marcos Stafne
- Margaret Kadoyama
- Margaret Middleton
- Maria Mortati
- Mark Hurst
- Mark O' Neill
- marketing
- Marsha Semmel
- Maryland Science Center
- Masayoshi Matsumoto
- Mascot Hall of Fame
- MASS Action
- math exhibits
- mathematics
- Matthew Albanese
- mechanisms
- meetings
- memoir
- memorable visits
- memories
- MEP+D@25 Symposium
- Merlin app
- messy discussions
- Michael Collins
- Michael Pederson
- Mickey's 10 Commandments
- Miguel Marquez Outside
- Mike Petrich
- Millennium Dome
- Miriam Langer
- mirrors
- Mistakes
- mobile museums
- MODA
- MoMA
- Money
- Monstrum
- Montgomery Alabama
- Moon Landing
- Morphs 2.0
- Moveable Museum Feast
- Moviehouse NOLA
- movies and museums
- moving faster
- Moving Minds and Bodies
- Moving Things
- multitasking
- Multitouch
- museduino
- Museu Vivo
- Museum 2.0
- Museum Activities
- museum admissions
- Museum Advocates
- Museum Bathroom Exhibits
- museum blogs
- museum boards
- Museum Books
- museum branding
- Museum Camp
- museum careers
- museum collections
- Museum Conferences
- museum conflicts
- Museum Consultants
- museum demographics
- museum design
- Museum Detox
- Museum Easter eggs
- museum education
- Museum Education Graduate Programs
- Museum Elevator Exhibits
- Museum Elevators
- museum exhibi design
- museum exhibit desifn
- museum exhibit design
- museum exhibition design
- museum exhibits
- Museum Fans
- Museum FAQ
- Museum FAQ video series
- Museum Fiscal Cliff
- museum funding
- museum goers
- Museum Hope
- Museum Hue
- museum humor
- Museum Hype
- Museum Ideas
- Museum Improvement
- museum interpretation
- museum jobs
- museum jokes
- museum journals
- Museum Lab
- museum management
- Museum Manifesto
- museum measurement
- Museum Minute blog
- Museum Moment
- museum myths
- Museum of Life and Science
- Museum Of Technology
- Museum of the Bible
- museum operations
- Museum Paradigm
- museum pay
- Museum People
- Museum People's Tattoos
- Museum Philosophy
- museum podcasts
- Museum Research
- museum resources
- museum tech
- Museum Theory
- museum trends
- Museum Tribes
- museum videos
- museum visitors
- museum visits
- museum work
- museum workers
- museum workshops
- museum-like experiences
- Museumhive
- MuseumMinute
- MuseumNext
- museums
- museums and politics
- Museums As Magic Places
- Museums Change Lives
- Museums for All
- Museums in Strange Places
- Museums Involving Communities: Authentic Connections
- Museums Worth A Special Trip
- music
- Music Animation Machine
- Music Exhibits
- Muzeiko
- Mythbusters
- NAME
- narrative
- National Association for Museum Exhibition
- National Building Museum
- National Science Foundation
- Nature
- Nature Rocks
- nature-deficit disorder
- Nature's Reflection
- NEA
- NEH
- NEMA
- NEON
- Netflix
- New England Museum Association
- new materials
- new museums
- New Orlean Museum of Art
- New Year
- New York Hall of Science
- NICU book carts
- Niina Simon
- Nikon Small World
- Nimbus
- Nina Simon
- NMAAHC
- NMAI
- no grocery stores exhibits
- no whining
- NOMA+
- non-profits
- not fuzzy
- NSF
- NUI
- Numberphile
- numberphile.com
- numbers
- Nuremberg
- Nuts and Bolts
- NYC
- NYC plan
- NYCMER
- NYSci
- Oakland Museum of California
- Object Experiences
- objects
- Oblique Strategies
- observing
- Occupy AAM
- Ocean Sole
- OFBYFORALL
- Off The Shelf
- Office Supply Ninjas
- Olafur Eliasson
- Old Book Illustrations
- Old Guard
- OMSI
- One Day Poem Pavilion
- One Laptop Per Child
- online museums
- Online Presence
- Online Tone Generator
- online tools
- Open Exhibits
- Open Source
- open source exhibits
- Operational Planning
- optical illusions
- Origami Organelles
- Orlando Orselli
- Our Museum
- outdoor art
- outdoor exhibits
- outside
- Paddy Bloomer
- Paint
- PaleoScene
- Paper Toys
- Paris Sewer Museum
- parody
- Partnership Power
- Pasadena
- Pass the Flamingo
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation
- Paul Martin
- Paul Orselli Workshop
- PBNG
- PBS
- Peabody Essex Museum
- pecha kucha
- Periodic Table of Videos
- PES
- Peter Kimelman
- Peter Rea
- Phil Rossoni
- Photomake
- Physics Footnotes
- Picasso
- Picnik
- Pictaculous
- pitching
- PLACES
- Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibition
- Plants vs. Zombies
- plastics
- play
- playful subversion
- playgrounds
- PO-MO
- PO-MOtion
- Poetic Kinetics
- poetry in motion
- Poetry Machine
- Point of Purchase
- Polly McKenna-Cress
- Polymagnets
- POP Design
- Pop-up Maker Space
- pop-up museums
- Popular But Not Good
- POW!
- Power of Play
- power structures
- Praxis
- Praxis Museum Projects Group
- Prehistoric Planet
- process
- professional developments
- Project Aristotle
- Project Management
- Project RE_
- project schedules
- prototypes
- prototyping
- Providence Children's Museum
- public art
- public domain
- public funding of museums
- publications
- Pulling Back The Curtain
- Pulsate
- questions
- Questions To Ask Museum Exhibit Designers
- Rachel Hellenga
- radar
- Radiooooo.com
- Rain Room
- Rainbow Wave GBC
- Rainey Tisdale
- random
- Random International
- rant
- Re:Frame
- Re/Al Exhibits
- Reach Advisors
- reading
- real museums
- real time data
- Reasons To Be Cheerful
- ReBlink
- recycled tech
- Red Flags
- reflections
- Reid Bingham
- Reimagining Children's Museums
- relevance
- Remediation
- Renwick Gallery
- replicas
- Representation
- Request For Proposal
- Research
- Resist
- Resources
- retail experiences
- ReWind
- RFPs
- Rik Panganiban
- road trips
- Robert Burns as Museum Planner
- Robert Frost
- Robin Meisner
- roBlocks
- Rogue Sessions
- role of museums
- Ruairi Glynn
- rubber bands
- SAAM
- Sacred and Stolen
- safety materials
- Salary Cloaking
- Salary Masking
- Salary Ranges
- Sally Yerkovich
- Sankofa
- Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
- Sarah Brophy
- Sari Boren
- science
- science centers
- science craft
- science education
- Science Exhibitions
- Science Gallery Dublin
- Science Gallery International
- Science Maps
- science museum exhibits
- Science Museums
- Science on the Move
- science toys
- scimaps.org
- Scratch
- ScreenKeys
- screens
- Sean Duran
- search terms
- Seb Chan
- SEE Science Center
- Seema Rao
- SEGD
- SeisMac
- senses
- SensoryPEN
- serendipity
- Shadow Art
- shared learning spaces
- showing up
- Significant Objects Project
- signs
- simple design
- Sina Bahram
- Sites of Conscience
- Situ Studio
- skateboard museum
- SketchUcation
- SketchUp
- Skitch
- Skulls Unlimited
- Slow Exhibits
- Small Giants
- small spaces
- smaller is better
- Smart Cities
- Smithsonian
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- social activism
- Social Media
- Social Psychology
- solving problems
- Sound
- sound effects
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- spare parts
- spark
- spec work
- Spectrum Science Center
- speculative work
- Spiders Alive exhibition
- Spiral Wishing Wells
- spirit
- Spoonflower
- St. Louis
- stains
- starting a museum
- Steal Like An Artist
- Stealth Evaluation
- Steampunk
- STEM
- Stephen Malinowski
- Stepping Stones Museum
- Steve Haas
- STOP COVERING YOUR ADS!
- stop-motion animation
- stories
- stories and stuff
- storytelling
- Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen
- Strandbeests
- street art
- string art
- Stroller Parking
- Sublime Stitching
- subscriptions
- sugru
- summer
- Super Bowl
- supporting cultural institutions
- surprises
- Susan Weinschenk
- Susie Wilkening
- sustainability
- sustainable design
- systems
- Tableau
- taboo topics
- Tadashi Tokieda
- take the cash
- taking risks
- tape
- teaching
- Tech Tools
- technology
- technology. museum exhibit design
- Tekno Bubbles
- text
- thanks
- Thanksgiving
- The Amazing World of Dinosaurs
- The American Visionary Art Museum
- The American Visionary Art Museum's Seven Education Goals
- THe Art of Relevance
- The Art Of Tinkering
- The BEACH
- The City Museum
- The Convivial Museum
- The Data Museum
- The Exhibit Doctor
- The Exploratorium
- The Franklin
- The Fusion Museum
- The Glue Society
- The Green Exhibit Checklist
- The Inclusive Historian's Handbook
- The Infinite White Abyss
- The Knife's Daughter
- The Koch Brothers
- The Legacy Museum
- The LEGO® Millyard Project
- The listening dimension
- The Lyndhurst Group
- The Met
- The Museum Group
- The Museum Life
- The Museum of Extraordinary Things
- The Museum World's Pay Problem
- The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
- The Natural History Museum
- The New Normal
- The Night Circus
- The Open Organization
- The OUTSIDE Factor
- The Palace Museum
- The Participatory Museum
- The Public Domain Project
- The RFP Issue
- The Victorian Internet
- Theo Jansen
- There I Fixed It
- thoughtful
- Three Lists
- Thrift Shop
- Tiffany Rhoades
- timelines
- tinkering
- TMG Online Conversations
- Tom Eckert
- too big to fail
- Top 10
- Toy Museum
- Toys "R" Us
- Transient
- travel
- traveling exhibitions
- Trevor Noah
- Tripping Over Science
- Troika
- Trump
- Tunisia
- UK Museums
- underutilized
- unexhibitable
- Uni Project
- Unions
- United Nuclear
- University of the Arts
- upcycling
- vegetables
- Victorian Animation Devices
- videos
- virtual museums
- Visitor Satisfaction
- Visitors are heterogeneous
- Visitors of Color
- Wages
- waiting on line
- Walkalong Gliding
- Walter Steveloz
- Washington DC
- Wayfinding
- Wayne LaBar
- WD-40
- weaselly museums
- Web resources
- Welcoming Museums
- What can museums learn from retailers?
- What is Innovative Exhibition Design?
- What makes a museum special?
- whelm
- Whiteboard Paint
- who should you work with?
- who's pitching who?
- Why We Work
- Wii hacks
- Wilkening Consulting
- William Gibson
- wind energy
- Windbelt
- Winifred Kehl
- wonder
- Workers
- workshops
- World's Best Museum
- worldchanging.com
- Worldwide Workshops
- wow!
- Wow! and Aha!
- WriteAHouse
- Writing and Responding to RFPs
- XRobots
- Yayoi Kusama
- yoga
- Your Exhibition Guide
- Your Museum Needs A Podcast
- Your Rainbow Panorama
- YouSendIt
- YouTube
- Zimoun
- zoo key