“Want to get married under a giant extinct lizard skeleton?” ”I thought you’d never ask.” Exhibition halls and rotundas can make excellent event spaces. We need rentals. Without them, our financial health has one less thing to rely on. …

The name of this newsletter aside, many museum-style exhibitions happen in places that … aren’t museums. Regardless, all of the strategies we talk about here apply also to a whole list of other kinds of places. …

Architecture is a weird thing to exhibit. You can’t frame a building and hang it on a wall, or put it in a vitrine. You definitely can’t fit it in the freight elevator. If you’re developing one of these unique creatures, here are a few quick ideas. …

Vast sums are raised to create new museum buildings. Vast sums that are often greater than the value of our whole collection. So why do we ask our architects to make black box galleries inside, to make the building disappear? …

Planners plan using floor plans. A floor plan is a great tool. But sometimes even veterans make weird decisions because we’re thinking while looking straight down. We have a dollhouse-owner view. But our visitors never have that view. …

Museums always want new ways to generate room rental revenue. Of course, there are the classics, like the Charismatic Lobby: Get married under a brontosaurus. Medium capacity for guests (due to giant fossil). But there is another approach …

What happens if you choose the wrong museum architect? Susanna Sirefman (President, Dovetail Design Strategists) discusses “The Art of Choosing a Museum Architect” with host Jonathan Alger …

Can a building tell a story? Can a glass wall become … mist? Alan Reed, FAIA, LEED AP (President and Design Principal of GWWO Architects), joins MtM host Jonathan Alger (Managing Partner, C&G Partners) to discuss “Story-Based Design.” …

“Want to get married under a giant extinct lizard skeleton?” ”I thought you’d never ask.” Exhibition halls and rotundas can make excellent event spaces. In convention centers, generic is the norm. But in museums, that doesn’t necessarily apply. ...

The principle “Bad On YouTube” says that exhibition media should be site-specific and/or special-format. We’ll know it’s good when it’s bad on YouTube. But being “spatially specific” isn’t only about media, it applies to everything. I can think of three levels. …