Thinking about Museums

Getting EMOTIVE in Athens

December 11, 2018 Ed Rodley

Highlights from my November, 2018 trip to Athens to attend a workshop about evaluating digital storytelling experiences around cultural heritage.

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AAM post on immersion

November 12, 2018 Ed Rodley

Long time readers will know I have a long term interest in immersion, and wrote about it here, here, here, and here. Last month, I

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On the state of public perception of museums

October 15, 2018 Ed Rodley

Submitted for your consideration… 2018 has been an interesting year thus far, and I mean that in the truly value-neutral sense of the word. Tons

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Playing With the Past, Part Two: Magic Circles and Interaction Alibis

March 12, 2018 Ed Rodley

Given what we know about play, games, and learning, what can we pull out of the mass of research? For me, the two biggest tools I’ve come across are the concepts of the magic circle and the interaction alibi. These powerful ideas have caused me to reframe a lot of what I thought I knew about museum experience design, and their potential in the heritage sector is vast, and as yet largely untapped methinks.

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Useful Dialectics, Part One – Transformation vs. Change

September 28, 2017 Ed Rodley

I’m very excited for MCN2017 in November! The intellectual thrill of beating a session into shape with friends old and new is like a

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“My dear Henry Junior”

November 20, 2015 Ed Rodley

On writing to the audience In my years of working in museums I’ve gotten quite a few letters from members of the public looking for

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Tracing the contours of digital transformation, Part One

September 11, 2015 Ed Rodley

I’ve been thinking a lot about transformation since writing about the Museum Full Stack. It’s been a deep rabbit hole and promises to get deeper,

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“Outsourcing” the curatorial impulse, Part One

October 29, 2014 Ed Rodley

This past Saturday, my lovely and talented wife and I made our weekly trek to the local farmers’ market in Union Square, Somerville. It is,

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It’s not what you know, but what you are willing to learn

June 13, 2014 Ed Rodley

As follow up to my post on our storytelling session at AAM, I posted Judy Rand’s “Waiting for Eileen”, and Catherine Hughes’ “Museums are like Crack”. Here’s

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On “Drinking About Museums”

May 26, 2013 Ed Rodley

I’ve gotten a few request lately from folks wanting to know, “What is this “Drinking About Museums” and how do join/start one in my town/find

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On immersion, theatre, and museums

January 14, 2013 Ed Rodley

Over the Christmas holiday, my lovely and talented wife and I went down to New York City for a few days to see friends

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Australia: MONA’s “The O” mobile guide

August 21, 2012 Ed Rodley

The “O” This is the second post on my recent visit to the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania. The first

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My favorite movie museums

December 8, 2018 Ed Rodley

I posted about the state of public perception of museums awhile ago. While finishing up a draft of my next post, I discovered the follow

Opportunities for collaboration: building storyworlds

March 15, 2018 Ed Rodley

So, I’m not in Iceland as I’d planned to be. A cracked cockpit windshield, several hours of waiting, and a determinedly cheerful, “Flight cancelled! Come