Beatriz Mayorca

Audience-Centered Museum Practice | Meaning-Making Through Objects & Space | Accessibility in Action

Designing Resilience: When Museums Can No Longer Be Islands

March 10, 2026

Reflections on museum leadership, infrastructure, and resilience in a VUCA world from a Museum Studies seminar in Washington DC.

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Mar 14, 2026

Designing Curiosity: What Museum Education Really Requires

Mar 14, 2026

A reflection on museum education through visits to the International Spy Museum and the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC. The post explores how educational systems, skilled facilitation, and exhibition design shape meaningful visitor learning experiences.

Mar 14, 2026

Mar 13, 2026

Designing the Full Visitor Encounter

Mar 13, 2026

Reflections from Washington, DC museums exploring accessibility, awe, and participatory interpretation in today’s exhibition design.

Mar 13, 2026

Mar 12, 2026

Museum Craft: Where Making Meets Stewardship

Mar 12, 2026

Explores how craft operates behind the scenes of museum work, from textile conservation and collaborative exhibitions to handmade book arts and the Renwick Gallery’s celebration of American craft.

Mar 12, 2026

Mar 11, 2026

Exhibition Design and Digital Interpretation in Washington, DC

Mar 11, 2026

Reflection on exhibition design and digital interpretation in Washington DC, based on visits to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the National Museum of the American Indian.

Mar 11, 2026