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

Making exhibitions takes creativity, collaboration, and a well-supported process. A Collaborative Approach to Exhibition Making is a practical and succinct guide for everyone managing or working on collaborative teams doing this creative work. It covers new and essential processes for creating exhibitions, moving from idea generation all the way through project opening in an approachable and supportive format. Emily Saich and Joey Noelle Scott share their perspective along with tried-and-tested tools to help collaborative teams build trust, generate ideas, communicate effectively, and develop shared understanding. They dive into planning projects, understanding budgets and schedules, facilitating creative design and development, managing feedback, selecting contractors, and closing out a project. Whether you're leading the creation of a new exhibition or engaged in any part of the exhibit making process, you'll find useful and insightful methods to support a collaborative approach.