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The Consistent Color Temperature Trick

One of the fastest ways to make an exhibition feel more expensive is simple: Make all the white lights the same color temperature. Many exhibition spaces accidentally mix lighting color temperatures. Bleh. …

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Difficult History

Many of us make exhibitions on subjects that are emotionally and politically difficult. (Some of us do nothing but.) War. Slavery. Genocide. Colonialism. Refugees. Terrorism. Injustice. In museum-speak, this is difficult history. …

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