A collection of articles written by us and our collaborators about designing a museum and our experiments in science, art, and innovation.
Kristin, MOD.’s director, first saw the Heureka Science Centre’s exhibition Seven Siblings from the Future in September 2018. Around 14 months later we were launching our Australian adaptation. Looking back, it’s pretty remarkable! Over the course of a big year we attended a workshop in Finland, imagined a future Australia, and created our Seven Siblings. […]
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MOD. has a set of design principles that guide our work. We keep these in mind in exhibition design and make sure we are heading in the right direction. Some of them sit as a reminder of our vision as an institution. Think Two Way Mindedness – incorporating Aboriginal ways of knowing and science into […]
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The responses to the coffee cup cards in Connect For have been rich and insightful. Our visitors have loved delving into “what would a supportive workplace look like for you?” with words and drawings. We are hitting close to 6000 responses since launch and the responses have been varied. They are genuine and funny, confusing and sad. The most common responses by far usually mention teamwork, communication, and trust. These […]
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Design by Maria-Eleni Coutsoumbes, Taylor Tran, and Teagan Powell of Wilderness School We spend a lot of time thinking about conflict, but not as much thinking about peace. With the increasing polarisation of the world, it’s understandable. But it also makes sense to think about the intentional pursuit of peace. This was the sentiment behind […]
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As an Exhibitions Coordinator here at MOD. I take exhibitions from design all the way through to operations. This new Behind the Scenes series will be notes from me, talking about some of the processes we have here at MOD. and how we bring our exhibits to life. HEDONISM is our third exhibition and launched […]
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In the depths of pre-WAGING PEACE planning we were trying to think of hands-on activities for our Polar Commons exhibit. We wanted something that people could do together over the course of the whole exhibition. We wanted something that would be easy enough to moderate. Someone off-handedly suggested we knit jumpers for penguins.* We spent […]
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When we opened our Peace Machine school project, we weren’t really sure what we were going to get. We were hoping for a mix of exciting and terrifying innovations from South Australian school students, and students across the state delivered. We received some that would change the world, a necklace that split in half to […]
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At the end of September I participated in the Digital Humanities Conference Australasia, held at the UniSA City West campus. It was an opportunity to hear from people working in the digital humanities around the world, and I enjoyed talks on topics from the intersection of technology and museums, to how social media analysis has […]
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