Spring 2013: Meaning Making Revisited

• From the President, Douglas Simpson
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• The NAME Lifetime Achievement Award for Janet Kamien
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones
• What Do Visitors Mean By “Meaning”?, by Beverly Serrel, Matt Sikora and Marianna Adams
• Making Sense of Experience: A Model for Meaning Making, by Ted Ansbacher
• Museum Authority and Meaning Making in a Digital Era, by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner
• Breaking Out of the Norm: Meaning Making in the Context of Everyday Museum Experience, by Dr. Joan M. E. Gaither and Genevieve Kaplan
• Entrance Icons: Visual Meaning-Making in Museum Entrance Galleries, by Darcie MacMahon
• Meaning Making Through Conversations about Science and Society, by R. Ostman, B. Herring, A. Jackson, I. Bennett and J. Wetmore
• Object Lessons: Making Meaning from Things in History Museum, by Laura Burd Schiavo
• Meaning Making in Nine Acts, by Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson
• Commentary: Reflections on the Adolescence of Meaning-Making, by Lois H. Silverman
• Nuts and Bolts: Enhancing Accessibility by Crowdsourcing an Exhibit App, by Beth Ziebarth and Nancy Proctor
• Exhibition Studies: The Construction of Meaning, by Julianne Snider
• Exhibition Critiques: MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Australia by T. Roberts, E. Rodley and B. Jensen
• Book Review: The Museum Experience Revisited by John Falk and Lynn Dierking, reviewed by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin
• Sessions of Interest to NAME Members at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Alliance of Museums, Baltimore MD

Fall 2012: Navigating a Changing Economy: The New Normal for Museums?

• From the President, Douglas Simpson
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones
• Sitting in Judgment: Notes from the 24th Annual Excellence in Exhibitions Session at AAM, by Willard Whitson
• Flux or the New Normal? Museum Exhibitions in the Post-Recession Reality, by Daniel Spock
• Show Me the Money: Funding Exhibition Development in Changing Times, by Marilyn Hoyt
• Baking the Cake Differently—An Australian Perspective on Museum Funding and Business Models, by Regan Forrest and Sue Hodges
• Measuring the Rule of Thumb: How Much Do Exhibitions Cost? by Sarah Bartlett and Christopher Lee
• Hackerspaces, Fab Labs, and the Democratization of Exhibits, by Tisha Carper Long
• The Event-Driven Museum? Reconsidering the Role of Exhibitions in Tough Economic Times, by Nina Simon
• Making Invisible: Slavery Today Visible, by Dina Bailey, Jamie Glavic and Leslie Mooney
• Creative Adaptation: Exhibitions in the Downturn, by Regina Faden, Ph.D
• Exhibitionist Survey—a Study for the National Association for Museum Exhibition
• 2013 Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition
• Nuts and Bolts: Embezzlement: Is it Our Dirty Little Secret? by Max A. van Balgooy
• Exhibition Studies: A Model Museum Internship Program in New Mexico, by Miriam Roberts
• Exhibition Critiques: The Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo by Rachel Hellenga with Cricket Brooks; Katherine Johnson; Chad Tyler
• Book Review: Nonprofit Finance for Hard Times, by Susan U. Raymond, Ph.D., reviewed by John W. Jacobsen
• Twenty-Fifth Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition

Spring 2012: Traveling Exhibitions: Where Are They Going?

• From the President, Douglas Simpson
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones
• Greater Than its Parts: Exhibition Collaborations for Small Museums, by Paul Pearson
• Collaborative Structures: Many Ways, Common Paths, by Alexander Goldowsky and Betsy Loring
• Taking Control: A Conceptual Framework for Choosing Traveling Exhibitions, by Ken Yellis
• Hidden Legacies in Traveling Exhibitions, by Vicky Dawson and Allison Hecker
• Large Lessons from a Small Project: The San Francisco Mobile Museum, by Maria Mortati
• Boxed and Ready to Travel: Taking Learning on the Road, by Kathleen Ryan, Kathy Dawes, and Dana Dawes
• Five Challenges for Marketing Traveling Exhibitions to Professionals, by Agnès Ruiz
• Traveling Exhibitions Featuring Live Animals: Are They For You?, by Mia Schillace-Nelson
• From Hall to Highway: Taking a Permanent Exhibition on the Road, by Jow Imholte, Heather Farnworth, Charity Counts, and Whitney Owens
• The Shadow Side of Traveling Exhibitions, by Wendy Pollock
• Nuts and Bolts: Traveling Exhibition at the End of its Run? Now What? by Courtney Gilbert with Norma Henry
• Exhibition Studies: Designing Traveling Exhibitions for the Small Community by Rebecca J. Fell
• Exhibition Critiques: CSI: The Experience at Discovery Times Square, by Eva Sandler, Ellen Snyder-Grenier, and David Wells
• Book Review: The Convivial Museum by Kathleen McLean and Wendy Pollock, by Paul Orselli
• NAME-Sponsored Sessions at AAM 2012 in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Fall 2011: Museums, Memorials, and Sites of Conscience

• From the President, Douglas Simpson
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones
• Taking Risks: A Common Theme for the Winners of the 23rd Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition by Rita Mukherjee Hoffstadt
• Sites of Conscience: Connecting Past to Present, Memory to Action by Sarah Pharaon, Bix Gabriel, and Liz Ševcenko
• Exhibiting 9/11: Interpreting Archaeology and Memory at the World Trade Center Site by Ian Kerrigan
• When a Boxcar Isn’t a Boxcar: Designing for Human Rights Learning by Stacey Mann and Danny M. Cohen, PhD
• Challenging Visitors to Move from Memory to Action at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Bridget Conley-Zilkic and Nancy Gillette
• When the Evidence Changes: Scholarship, Memory, and Public Culture at the Maison des Esclaves, Gorée Island by Deborah L. Mack, Ph.D
• Can Museums Take a Stand? by Sarah Bartlett
• Challenges in Building a Memorial Site: The Experiences of Jalladkhana Killing Field by Mofidul Hoqu
• The Collective or the Individual? Considering Ukrainian Memorial Museums by Linda Norris and Olesia Ostrovka
• The Morality of Memory by Rama Lakshmi
• Nuts and Bolts: If You Must…..by James P. Folso
• Exhibition Studies: Outside the Box: Creative Partnerships for Archival Work, Exhibitions, and Teaching by Carla J. Sofka, Connie Frisbee Houde, and Sudarat Musikawong
• Exhibition Critiques: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC by Abbie Chessler, Tricia Edwards, and James B. Gardner
• Book Review: Heritage That Hurts: Tourists in the Memoryscapes of September 11 Reviewed by Wendy Aibel-Weiss
• Twenty-Fourth Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition
• Call for Entries: 2012 Excellence in Exhibition Label Writing Competition
• NAME Fellows at AAM: Insights from the Future by Nina Simon
• 2012 AAM Annual Meeting Student and Professional Fellowships

Spring 2011: Is It a Museum? Does It Matter?

• From the President, Douglas Simpson
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones
• Test Your Museum IQ
• What, if Anything, Is a Museum? by Eugene Dillenburg
• Is It a Museum Experience? Corporate Exhibitions for Cultural Tourists, by Phaedra Livingstone
• The House on the Rock, by Beverly Serrell
• MyTripAdvisor: Mining Social Media for Visitors’ Perceptions of Museums vs. Attractions, by Elizabeth Maurer
• Eataly: Retail on a Mission, by Jessica Bicknell
• Is a “Virtual” Museum Still “Real”? A Conversation About the International Museum of Women, by Tisha Carper Long and Catherine King
• Museum and Museum-Like Structures: The Politics of Exhibition and Nationalism in India, by Jyotindra Jain
• Rationally Entertained: Non-Museological Foundations of the Contemporary Science Center, by Jason Jay Stevens
• Are We Museums Too? by Jenny-Sayre Ramberg with Sonal Bhatt and Kitty Connolly
• Creationist “Museums” Are Not Museums, by Gretchen Jennings
• Nuts and Bolts: Our Collections in Your Space: Creating Exhibition for Non-Museum Environments, by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner
• Exhibition Studies: Issues and Ideas: How Do Museum Studies Programs Address the Nature of Museums Today?
• Museum Critiques: The Museum of Jurassic Technology, by James Bradburne, Diane Perlov, Nina Simon
• Book Review: Museums in a Troubled World, by Robert Garfinkle
• NAME-Sponsored Sessions at AAM 2011 in Houston

• From the President, Douglas Simpson
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones
• Beyond the Pedestal: Creating Culturally Relevant Exhibitions, by Darcie A. MacMahon
• An American in Paris: A Recollection of Exhibition Development, by Alan J. Friedman
• Understanding Angkor: From Stones to Stories at a World Heritage Site, by Jane Clark Chermayeff with Julia Rousakis
• Changing the Viewing Angle: Working with Museums in Ukraine, by Linda Norris
• Lessons on Design: A Gift from a Rwandan Village, by Alan Jacobson
• Syria: A New Paradigm for Personal and Community Transformation, by Linda Pearcey
• The Haitian Cultural Recovery Project, an interview with Richard Kurin
• From Delhi to DC and Other Meanderings  , by Sujit Tolat
• Nuts and Bolts: Less is More, by Mikko Myllykoski
• Nuts and Bolts: Taking Flight: Keeping Employees Safe Around the World, by Nancy Schnitzerling
• Nuts and Bolts: Lost in Translation, by Penny Jennings.
• Exhibition Studies: Weaving Global Perspectives Into the Classroom, by Tiffany Sakato
• Exhibition Critiques: The Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
• Book Reviews: Liberating Culture: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Museums, Curation,and Heritage Preservation, by Christina Kreps
• Twenty-Third Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition Entry Form

• From the President, Eric Siegel
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones (1.1MB)
• Your Personal Toolkit: Easing through Friction, Fracas, and Free-for-All, by Donna R. Braden (343kb)
• Putting Our Cards on the Table: Discussing Friction in the Collaborative Exhibit Process, by John Chiodo (1.2MB)
• Building and Sustaining a Culture of Collaboration, by Matthew Isble (1.3MB)
• Conflict in the House, by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner (1MB)
• Manifesto for the (r)Evolution of Museum Exhibitions, by Kathleen McLean (3.7MB)
• Historical Friction: Chicago Perspectives, by Phyllis Rabineau (901kb)
• Splinters from Green Materials: Conversations about the Frictions of Green Exhibition Design, by Greg Belew, Kathy Gustafson-Hilton, Sharon Handy, and Lynn Wood. (1.8MB)
• Sustainability and Specimen Display: A Conflict of Program?, by Jonathan Katz. (2.2MB)
• Visitor participation: Opportunities and Challenges, by Nina Simon (199kb)
• Nuts and Bolts: Declaring label Independence: Live Free or Pay, by Kitty Connolly (2.3MB)
• Stand-up Labels, by Frank Madsen
• Exhibition Studies: Issues and Ideas
  Useful Friction in the Classroom: The Student Mindset, by Dottie Miles
• Exhibition Critiques: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, by Nigel Briggs, Kerr Houston, and Margaret Koetsch
• Book Review: The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations, by Deana Dartt-Newton
• NAME-Sponsored Sessions at AAM 2010 in Los Angeles

• Letter from the President, Eric Siegel (291k)
• Letter from the Editor, Gretchen Jennings (218k)
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones (461k)
• Museum Authority Up for Grabs-The Latest thing or Following a Long Thread Line, by Daniel Spock (1.36 MB)
• Design for Participation, by Nina Simon (1.98 MB)
• Exploring Social Media for Front end Evaluation, by Bliss Jensen and Lynda Kelly (1.75 MB)
  
• The Power of the Pencil-Renegotiating the Museum Visitor Relationship…, by Ben Gammon and Xerxes Mazda (2.01 MB)
• The Public Is a Team Member, by Wayne LaBar (1.48 MB)
• Forces of Change-The Peoples Exhibit, by Kathleen McLean and Adam Nilsen (1.98 MB)
• In Your Face-The Peoples Portrait Project, by Gillian McIntyre (1.67 MB)
• Immigrant Teens Tell Their Story, by Douglas Simpson (1.75 MB)
• The Click Experience-A Participants Point of View, by Amy Dreher (1.28 MB)
• The Creativity and Collaboration C2 retreat- Participants Perspectives, by Baum, Lane, Matcuk, Rodley, and Mortati (5.71 MB)
• Nuts and Bolts-Soliciting Content from Third Parties- The View From a Lawyer, by Bruce A. Falk (1.22 MB)
• Exhibition Studies-Issues and Ideas- Forty Students One Semester- An Exhibition Challenge, by Steven Lubar (1.79 MB)
• Exhibition Critiques-MN150, by Barrett, Pryor, and Vergeront (2.58 MB)
• Blog Review-Social Media on Social Media, by Maggie Dennis (728k)

Spring 2009: Green and Lean

• From the President, Eric Siegel
• From the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline, by Beth Redmond-Jones
• Red Dinosaurs – Green Exhibitions, by John Jacobsen
• OMSI Green Exhibits Guide, by Jessica Wilcox (PDF 2 mb)
• Museum, Natural Leaders in Green Design, by Peter Kuttner
• Adaptation, Mitigation, Innovation: Greening the Exhibition Experience, by Tim McNeil
• Interpreting a Green Scene: The Bronx Zoo’s Eco-Restroom, by Sonal Bhatt
• Green Exhibitions Need Green Museums, by Charlie Trautmann and Maureen McConnell
• Traveling Exhibitions and the Environment, by Lea T.F. Warden
• Green Exhibitions in Children’s Museums: Setting the Bar Higher, by Brenda Baker
• LEED Standards, U.S. Green Building Council
• Nuts and Bolts: Green Design, by Paul Orselli
• Exhibition Studies: Issues and Ideas – Green and Lean? Or Just Lean?, by Tisha Carper Long
• Exhibition Critiques: The Tusher African Center at the California Academy of Sciences, by Schwarzer, Kadoyama, and Pressley
• Book Review: The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice, by Merritt Price
• NAME-Sponsored Sessions at AAM 2009 in Philadelphia

Fall 2008: The Unexhibitable

• Letter from the President, Eric Seigel
• Letter from the Editor, Gretchen Jennings
• Exhibits Newsline
• The Unexhibitable: A Conversation
• Botero: Abu Ghraib and the Economics of Censorship
• Too Big, Too Small, Too Slow, Too Abstract: Exhibiting Modern Science
• Forming American Identities: Our Southern Legacy
• Name by Name, Face by Face: Elevating Historic Representation of American Slave Life
• Capturing the Present in Exhibition Design
• MoSex/LessSex?
• The Untimely Closing of Imaginary Coordinates
• Nuts and Bolts: Open Source Software
• Exhibition Studies: Issues and Ideas
• Exhibition Critiques: Goosebumps/ The Science of Fear
• Book Review: Exhibit Makeovers

Spring 2008: Enriching the Vistor Experience for Kids and Families

• Entire Issue (PDF 22.9 MB)
• Why Family Learning in Museums?
• Designing Exhibitions to Support Families’ Cultural Understandings
• Contextualizing Culture
• A New Way to Play: Shaping a New Environment for the New York Hall of Science’s Youngest Visitors
• Creating Universally Accessible Play Environments for All
• The Wonder Cabinet at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
• Following Families: From Tracking to Transformations
• What Kind of Space for Living Well at School?
• Welcoming Children to Science Centers and Museums: A Report on Europe with Focus on France
• Exhibitions as a Context for Engaging Young Children and Families with the Ideas that Technology Can Reveal
• Exhibition Reviews: The Kenneth E. Behring Hall of Mammals

Fall 2007: NAME Sessions at AAM 2007

• From the Editor
• From the President
• Exhibits Newsline
• Museums Remixed
• Inspiring Visitor Action in Museums: Examining the Social Diffusion of Ideas
• COURAGE and Time’s Running Out –Act
• Team Building: Thoughts on Working Well With Others
• Imagining the Possibilities
• What Spanish Labels Have Taught the Chicago History Museum
• Built-in Antennae: Exhibit Floor Staff as Evaluation Resources
• Traveling Exhibitions: The Nuts and Bolts Are In; Let’s Travel
• Assessing Excellence in Exhibitions: Three Approaches
• Exhibition Review—Ignored No More: Re-interpretations for the 200th Anniversary of the British Slave Trade
• Exhibition Review—Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids
• Exhibition Review—Race: Are We so Different?
• AAM Excellence in Exhibition Competition Turns 20

Spring 2007: The RFP Issue

• Exhibits Newsline
• The RFP Game: To Play or Not to Play
• Writing Successful RFPs
• Common Understanding
• Better Than Sliced Bread: Writing Effective RFPs
• Hiring an Exhibit Designer for the First Time? Tips From A Designer’s Perspetive
• Processed Apples: One Museums Recipe for the RFP Process
• Design a Plate Computer Interactive: Project History
• Putting the Training Wheels On
• Narrowing the Field
• NAME RFP AR.01 Request for Proposals For:Writing an Article about RFPs
• Exhibit Design and Fabrication Solicitations at The Smithsonian Institution
• Processed Apples: One Museums Recipe fo the RFP Process
• RFP Dictionary
• Why We No Longer D0 RFPs
  The Spring 2007 Exhibitionist is dedicated entirely to the RFP process.   Accompanying this issue are several sample documents you can download.
•   Artist Contract (PDF 60 kb)
• Computer RFP (PDF 204 kb)
•   Design RFQ (PDF 272 kb)
•   Exhibit RFP. (PDF 404 kb)
•   Furniture RFP (PDF 1.2 mb)
•   Reference Check (PDF 40 kb)
•   Review Matrix (PDF 56 kb)
•   RFP Template (PDF 220 kb)
•   RFQ Questions (PDF 136 kb)
•   Sample RFQ (PDF 164 kb)
•   Video RFP (PDF 92 kb)
•   Architecture Matrix (PDF 36 kb)
•   Museum Matrix (PDF 32 kb)