Thinking about Museums

New essay: “The distributed museum is already here–it’s just not very evenly distributed”

November 18, 2019 Ed Rodley

My chapter from “the Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites” by Hannah Lewi, Wally Smith, Dirk vom Lehn, and Steven Cooke

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On keeping your antenna up

October 23, 2019 Ed Rodley

Hello, world! It’s been awhile! Almost a month ago, I hit an important professional milestone. The job I’d come to the Peabody Essex Museum to

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How you can help

January 16, 2019 Ed Rodley

Part Three in a series of posts about the process I’m using to write the book. This one focuses on how you can be part of it.

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My writing tools

January 15, 2019 Ed Rodley

Part Two of many on the process of writing this book. This one focuses on my hard and software tools.

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The rhythms of writing a book in a digital age

January 14, 2019 Ed Rodley

Part One of many on the process of writing this book. This one focuses on three rhythms of writing research based works.

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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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Book cover of "The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites"

New essay: “The distributed museum is already here–it’s just not very evenly distributed”

November 18, 2019 Ed Rodley

My chapter from “the Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites” by Hannah Lewi, Wally Smith, Dirk vom Lehn, and Steven Cooke

Snail CC-BY 2.0 image by Flickr user fdecomite

On keeping your antenna up

October 23, 2019 Ed Rodley

Hello, world! It’s been awhile! Almost a month ago, I hit an important professional milestone. The job I’d come to the Peabody Essex Museum to

On prewriting

April 19, 2019 Ed Rodley

Three pieces of advice I got while writing the first version of the book proposal. Also, an invitation to read and comment on the draft!

Your favorite museum experience design reference books

April 15, 2019 Ed Rodley

A couple months ago I asked the hive mind for their favorite books that they recommend to anyone interested in museum exhibition development. And, as

“Humanizing the Digital” book now available

March 27, 2019 Ed Rodley

A brief history of the publication of the latest book I’ve worked on, “Humanizing the Digital: Unproceedings from the MCN 2018 Conference” .

Diving into the Immersive Design Summit 2019

March 19, 2019 Ed Rodley

Last month, I got the opportunity to spend two action packed days at the 2019 Immersive Design Summit in San Francisco. If you’ve followed my

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