What must the art museum of the future be and do?
Working with the Knight Foundaiton, my team was tasked with 2 project objectives: 1.) uncover technology trends that are currently impacting art museums, such that the Knight Foundation can identify long-term technology efforts and recommendations for supporting an art museum’s mission and 2.) identify short-term pilots specific to the four partner museums currently engaged with the Foundation.
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role: researcher and visual designer
We began by visiting the four partner museums: Akron Art Museum (AAM), The Barnes Foundation, Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), and Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (ICA). Each museum has unique offerings, constraints, and perspectives on what it means to be a museum and how technology might support their mission.
Representatives from the Knight Foundation along with key stakeholders from each museum traveled to Pittsburgh for an innovation workshop. My team facilitated the workshop with two objectives in mind: 1.) convene various museum perspectives regarding the use of technology in museums and 2.) generate ideas for pilot projects that each museum could accomplish.
Finally, the team surveyed the museums and technology landscape to identify patterns and trends.
The remainder of the project took all of these insights—from the broad landscape review to the localized needs of each partner museum—and generated a gap analysis report. This gap analysis focused on identifying the gaps in being able to provide an experience that uses the best of technology trends today to enhance and further support art museums and their missions.
Created with MAYA Design
Team: Bridget Monahan, Kent Vasko, and Traci Thomas