When North High School needed more classroom space, the library’s memorabilia room became an office. A few mementos, including the Womanhood Award and Manhood Award trophies and a wooden Viking ship a ...

The goal of the museum is not to expand its collection but to gradually empty itself as the missing objects are eventually recovered. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

The traditional museum experience, pausing in front of an object, and absorbing its history visually or by reading its description, has long shaped how collectors and others relate to cultural ...

No digital system has yet solved the problem of physical presence. Even people who enjoy virtual tours often acknowledge that a screen changes the encounter with an object. Texture, weight, and scale, ...