ExhibiTricks: A Museum/Exhibit/Design Blog

A short while ago, I asked colleagues if they could recommend a good source for information about "green" (that is, eco-friendly)...

Here's a quick one for those of you with access to MacBook or MacBook Pro portables. (And as Michael Flynn astutely pointed out in the C...

Martin Filler wrote an excellent article in Architectural Record, entitled " Debunking a myth about museums that pay for themselves....

A maker named Angela Yuan created this cool Etch-A-Sketch clock using servo motors and Arduino controllers (which will be the subject o...

Two often underutilized ways to spruce up any exhibit area are to include items related to mathematics and optical illusions. Both subjects ...

Since many exhibits use "off-the-shelf" components, many times a simple fix could mean just replacing a part, like a bulb, rather ...