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Do Object Rotations Cause Repeat Visits?
Why do our visitors come back? Often, because we have “something new.” But not every kind of “new” works this way. A whole new temporary exhibition can be an event. A single rotated object might be “new,” but not in the same way. …
Why Venn Diagrams Actually Work
Everybody loves a good Venn diagram. You kinda can’t go wrong throwing one on a slide. (You know, those easily drawn, disarmingly simple overlapping circle diagrams that show the relationship between ideas, priorities, or categories.) …
What’s IPOP?
Maybe you’ve heard someone in a museum exhibition meeting say something like, "Let's run this through IPOP." (Especially if that someone came from a Smithsonian museum or affiliate.) And maybe you wondered: what’s IPOP? …