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Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

  • 1.  Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    Hello everyone,

    We are starting a project on the subject of drugs and addiction, but we wanted to get references on how other museums and exhibits are presenting this sensitive topic. Any references that you know about?

    Thank you!



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    Maribel Ibarra
    Executive Director
    Sietecolores: Ideas Interactivas
    Mexico City
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  • 2.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    Hello Maribel,

     

    The Indiana State Museum had FIX: Heartbreak and Hope Inside Our Opioid Crisis in 2020/2021 (sadly to limited audiences in person because of COVID). Thay have kept a page about it with additional resources on their website: https://www.indianamuseum.org/experience/fix-heartbreak-hope/

     

    emailMichelle Nash
    Curator of Collections
    Elkhart County Historical Museum
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    "Museum collection storage is both a physical space and an ongoing process."- NPS

     




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  • 3.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    I came here to say the same thing about the Indiana State Museum. I was part of a team that put together a proposal on this exhibit but our team was not selected. It was to designed to be a travelling exhibit, not sure if that was the direction it ended up but that might be a good resource.  



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    Brian Norris
    Senior Project Manager
    Bowen Technovation
    Indianapolis IN
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  • 4.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    HI! We actually worked with Indiana State on this project and helped them to design the Fix! Exhibit. We would be happy to share our experience developing the project and what we learned!



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    A.J. Goehle MBA
    Chief Executive Officer
    Luci
    Lincolnwood IL
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  • 5.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    Thank you so much! It would be great to hear about your experience!



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    Maribel Ibarra
    Executive Director
    Sietecolores: Ideas Interactivas
    Mexico City
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  • 6.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    Thank you so much! We will take a look!



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    Maribel Ibarra
    Executive Director
    Sietecolores: Ideas Interactivas
    Mexico City
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  • 7.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    There was a great MuseumNext article on the topic.
    https://www.museumnext.com/article/museums-and-addiction/

    I didn't see it, but I heard good things about "Hooked" at Emory University in Atlanta.
    https://www.atlanta.sciencegallery.com/hooked



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    Douglas Flandro
    Director of Sustainability and Exhibit Designer
    CambridgeSeven Associates, Inc.
    Cambridge MA
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  • 8.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    Thank you for these references!



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    Maribel Ibarra
    Executive Director
    Sietecolores: Ideas Interactivas
    Mexico City
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  • 9.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago
    Check into the Into Light project, an exhibition tailored to stories from your state

    Cindy Opitz
    Director of Research Collections 
    Museum of Natural History &
    Old Capitol Museum 
    The University of Iowa
    11 Macbride Hall
    Iowa City IA 52242
    Sent from my phone.



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  • 10.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 2 days ago

    We'll take a look! Thank you!



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    Maribel Ibarra
    Executive Director
    Sietecolores: Ideas Interactivas
    Mexico City
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  • 11.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 17 hours ago

    This exhibit at Forbes House Museum (now digital only) talked about the family's relationship to the Opium trade. This was a history exhibit that brought visitors into the 21st century at the end. It won several awards. https://www.forbeshousemuseum.org/digital-opium-exhibit/



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    Erin Richardson PhD
    Founder and Principal
    Frank & Glory
    Cooperstown NY
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  • 12.  RE: Museums and Exhibits tackling the subject of Addiction

    Posted 17 hours ago

    Science Gallery Atlanta's inaugural exhibition, Hooked: When Want Becomes Need, in 2022, was an immersive art exhibition featuring work by America and European artists and researchers, themed on addiction. Exhibits covered the wide gamut of the topic, from the neurological mechanics to the lived experience, from drug addiction to addiction to shopping and phones. It was based on a similar exhibition at Science Gallery London a few years earlier.

    The organizers of the Atlanta show have moved on to other institutions, but I was the designer and my company, Flutter & Wow worked with artists and installed the exhibition, if you'd like more information I'd be happy to share.



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    Jason Jay Stevens
    Exhibit Designer/Principal
    Flutter & Wow Museum Projects
    Ann Arbor MI
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