Art museums are better with a guide. And while audio guides can be useful for additional context, they can also be clunky and feel outdated. One gallery in San Francisco is moving to wearables to augment the experience instead.
It’s easy to think that museums aren't relevant, but the success of the David Bowie exhibition at the V&A and the Matisse Cutouts show at the Tate Modern says otherwise. How is the museum evolving to meet the needs of people more interested in their smartphones than ancient artefacts?
London’s Tate Britain Museum has launched a unique event that it hopes will attract a worldwide audience. Called ‘After Dark’, people will be able to remotely control a robot roaming around the museum in the dark, with the footage it captures being live-streamed on their website.
Across the US, over a quarter of museums are seeing a decline in attendance. While some blame the recession, museum geek Mark Rosen has a more sobering reason – museums are run by dull people. Rather than complain, Rosen created his own work-around, and started the Museum Hack.
As our society grows more complex, the educational landscape is becoming radically different. Our educational choices have multiplied exponentially, regardless of age, location or level, with the introduction of digital learning. But how effective are these new methods?