Michael Barnes Consulting

08/08/2023

Exhibition design by committee is seldom successful or exciting.

At the Venice Biennale, the Canadian team tilts at the housing crisis.

01/05/2023

Come have your say in the future of the Royal BC Museum. There are lots of available dates and ways to participate in the community engagement process.

The Future of the Royal BC Museum Since its inception in 1886, the Royal BC Museum has changed and evolved alongside the rest of the province. Today’s Royal BC Museum is committed to creating community connections, gathering spaces and educational programs, and to providing opportunities for criti...

04/16/2022

Cool story from 2020. Conservators do amazing things.

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01/30/2022

Melanie Mark, Hli Haykwhl Ẃii X̱sgaak, is B.C.’s minister of rourism, arts, culture and sport, responsible for the RBCM. She is the only First Nations woman to be elected as an MLA and appointed to cabinet.

12/21/2021

I love looking at the historic photos of these exhibits being built and the staff that created them.

"It set the standard for museums around the world."

10/08/2021

Well this is pretty neat. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-58817448?fbclid=IwAR1IQYZIJuGhKNRsRzyiauimNTuHMxFQ2s4C-yKXBV6JK7PRl2Wa-6IuCE0

Pictures and 3D scans have been taken over the past 30 years to uncover hidden archaeological sites.

09/30/2021

https://fpcc.ca/resource/recommendations-for-decolonizing-b-c-s-heritage-related-processes-and-legislation/

07/17/2021

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-15/new-museum-technology-collects-data-on-viewing-habits

As art lovers return to Italian galleries and exhibitions, newly installed technology at one Bologna museum is keeping track of how people look at paintings.

06/29/2021

https://youtu.be/0UqoupTd3t4

The skeleton of Rhapsody, the star of the Royal BC Museum Exhibit, Orcas: Our Shared Future , reassembled by Dr. Gavin Hanke, the Curator of Verteb...

06/28/2021

Latest project, Orcas: Our Shared Future on at the Royal BC Museum until January 9, 2022

12/22/2020

https://newcastlelive.com.au/innovative-exhibition-concept-1x4-opens-at-newcastle-museum-this-weekend/?fbclid=IwAR39kGnDUchPErZdXDJnUsp5aX_7KIkIrFW1YJj9SZTWsu9fXD_43VPuGoA

An innovative new exhibition, encouraging visitors to explore multiple truths opens at Newcastle Museum tomorrow. The 1X4 exhibition was conceived by

10/30/2020

https://issuu.com/bcmuseumsassn/docs/279-fall-2020_web_final/s/11123153

In light of the movement and the recent rise in anti- Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic, our current social environment is both challenging and exciting for museum professionals to consider diversity and inclusion in heritage spaces and places.