Museum stories

Miami's new science museum stretches boundaries as well as minds.

Between 7th – 10th May 2017, over 4,200 museum professionals attended the American Alliance of Museum’s (AAM) Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo, this year held in St Louis, Missouri.

Hot on the heels of the recent TEA Summit and Thea Awards, the TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) held its SATE conference in the UK for the first time. Around ninety themed entertainment professionals gathered on May 4th and 5th for SATE Europe at the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu. The SATE Europe programme was delivered in four segments reflecting the SATE acronym: Storytelling, Architecture, Technology and Experience. These […]

The second DEAL Live by blooloop conference took place 26th March at the city’s Crowne Plaza Hotel. Delegates heard from industry leaders and key analysts about the Middle East attractions sector.

Creative Director Joe Watson on challenging preconceptions

In Gamifying Museums Pt 1 we looked at how Minecraft and Gamification are enabling museums to reach out to new audiences. In Part 2 we ask two key players, Aardman and New York’s American Museum of Natural History, if gamification automatically makes a museum more engaging? Not unless you know what you’re doing, cautions Lorna Probert (right), Aardman’s Head of […]