A Collaborative Approach to Exhibition Making (American Alliance of Museums) - Hardcover

Saich, Emily; Scott, Joey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1538185253 ISBN 13: 9781538185254

Publisher: American Alliance Of Museums, 2025

Synopsis

It takes many people from many different disciplines to make exhibitions happen. A Collaborative Approach to Exhibition Making is a practical guide for anyone managing this work because the way we plan and make impacts what we plan and make. Making exhibitions takes creativity, problem-solving, and a well-supported process. The authors share tested ideas and tools to help collaborative teams build trust, generate ideas, communicate effectively, and develop shared understanding. This book dives into approaches to planning a project, understanding budgets and schedules, facilitating creative development, managing feedback, and selecting contractors. This book offers guidance on all aspects of exhibition making. It includes samples and added perspectives on this work from across many disciplines. Whether you’re leading the creation of a new exhibit or engaged in any part of the exhibition making process, you’ll find useful and insightful methods to support a collaborative approach.

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About the Authors

Emily Saich is director of Exhibition Projects at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where she leads project strategy for major exhibitions and guides collaborative teams through design and creation of visitor-centered experiences. She has over twenty years of experience managing the planning, development, design, prototyping, and fabrication of exhibitions and innovative visitor experiences for museums and cultural organizations. Joey Noelle Scott is manager of Exhibition Project Delivery at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where she leads project teams that create innovative exhibitions to inspire conservation of the ocean. Leveraging a twenty-year background in both science education and project management, she’s developed forward-looking and adaptable processes for facilitation and creative development within the exhibitions field.

Joey Noelle Scott is manager of Exhibition Project Delivery at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where she leads project teams that create innovative exhibitions to inspire conservation of the ocean. Leveraging a twenty-year background in both science education and project management, she’s developed forward-looking and adaptable processes for facilitation and creative development within the exhibitions field.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Alliance Of Museums
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538185253
• ISBN 13: 9781538185254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200