MCN 2018 - Transforming the museum experience: What if museums had no walls?
Channel: Andrew Lih
Date: 2018-11-15

Transforming the museum experience: What if museums had no walls?

Chris Barr
Theresa Bembnister
Tommy Ralph Pace
Steven Brady
Jennifer Inacio

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What happens when museums stop playing by the rules, and start challenging the status quo? Four museums—Pérez Art Museum Miami, Akron Art Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, and the Barnes Foundation—put this idea to the test, adopting design thinking as a catalyst to explore new ways in which technology can connect people and communities to art and create experiences that live beyond museum walls.

In 2017, Knight Foundation selected these four museums to help tackle the digital challenge facing museums today. What if museums had no walls? How might museums continue to meet their mission using digital technologies? Collaborating as a cohort, these museums applied human-centered design techniques to create new digital experiences that would invite inquiry, inspire conversation, and engage more deeply with a wide range of museum visitors.