expLoring exhibits & engagement, LLC
Client Projects
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and decolonizing goals.
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Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
Portland, ME
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Researched and wrote all graphic panel texts for Preview Center of new museum exploring technology history, hands-on STEM, and tomorrow’s technology today.
(With Quatrefoil Associates)
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Discovery Center at Water’s Edge
Belcamp, MD
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Developed exhibit frameworks, and trained staff in evaluation-driven prototyping for planned exhibition Kids at Work, exploring child labor in history and today.
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Heritage Winooski Mill Museum
Winooski, VT
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
STEM Exhibition conceptual planning, content development, and label writing in complete gallery overhaul of historic museum to incorporate family-friendly hands-on interactives. (with Chris Sullivan Creative Consulting)
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Corporate Museum
Maine
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Co-developed with staff a new evaluation-driven exhibit development process. Conducted staff training exhibition visioning sessions for early childhood and climate resilience exhibitions.
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Museum of Discovery and Science
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Led visioning session, built prototype interactives, and coached staff in formative evaluation for overhaul of iconic, but under-performing, historic LEGO® exhibition.
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SEE Science Center
Bedford, NH
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Overhauled the conceptual framework and wrote all texts for aquarium exhibit, From the Mountains to the Sea, to meet learning and de-colonizing goals.
Developed conceptual-phase exhibition master plan incorporating interactives, living and natural history collections, and outdoor experiences for new river-front museum and campus.
(With Quatrefoil Associates)
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Virginia Museum of Natural History
Waynesboro, VA
What Clients Are Saying
Joe Kieper, PhD
Executive Director
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Betsy transformed our natural history expertise into exhibits with digestible stories that connect to our diverse constituents’ outdoor experiences.
Joe Cox
President & CEO
Museum of Discovery and Science
During our exhibits planning workshop, Betsy guided great conversation and empowered our team with new skills and expanded confidence.
Lucia Stancioff
Deputy Director
Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
Betsy was so easy to work with (and fun!). With a lot of cooks in the kitchen, she turned all our ideas into clear, educational signage that will last us for a long time.
Contributions to the Field
Workshops & Presentations
Role Play the Way: A New Direction of Imaginative Learning
Museums and Communities Working to Build Back Better
Build (Your Community) Back Better: Using museum practices for community and urban planning
Little “e” evaluation: DIY Methods for Busy Museum Professionals
Low Tech/No Tech Live-Action Role Playing Games for Public Audiences
Hacking the World - Imagining the Post-Pandemic Museum
Beyond Hands-on: Tapping the Non-touch Senses in Exhibitions
Project Management Potholes: Avoiding Blowouts on Your Next Exhibit Project
Exhibit Project Management ABCs
Butterfly Gardens & Beyond: Interpreting Green Space
They’re doing what!?: Using Timing and Tracking to Understand How Visitors Really Use Your Exhibits
Bringing the Public into Your Sandbox Without Getting Sand in Your Face – or Theirs
Publications & Partnerships
“Going Rogue for Good: Free the Museum”, Exhibition journal, Fall 2021
“Dream Big(ger): From Building Exhibitions to Building a Better City”, Exhibition journal, Spring 2021
Collaborative Research: Functional and evolutionary bases of substrate-specificity in wood-decaying basidiomycetes [NSF IOS-1456777, CoPI]
From the Lab to The Neighborhood: An Interactive Living Exhibit For Advancing STEM Engagement With Urban Systems In Science Museums [NSF AISL-1323168, CoPI]
Exhibit Lab: Developing a Community of Practitioners
[IMLS award# MP-00-11-0049-11]