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How sound, light, and screens are used deliberately to shape an experience. Used well, it disappears into the experience itself instead of announcing its own presence.

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When an exhibit outlives the technology it was built on

Jul 11, 2026 ∙ 1 min read Paid ∙ Unlock

Daryl Wehner ∙
in Museums

Path ∙ Museums & new media Part 7 of 8

Interactive exhibits built on specific hardware and software eventually face a problem plaques never do: the technology stops being supported.

When an exhibit outlives the technology it was built on

Sound design is doing more work than visitors notice

Jun 19, 2026 ∙ 1 min read Paid ∙ Unlock

Brenda Reichel ∙
in Museums

Path ∙ Museums & new media Part 5 of 8

Ambient sound shapes how long visitors linger and how they feel in a space, often without them consciously registering that sound is involved at all.

What a projection can do that a plaque cannot

Apr 9, 2026 ∙ 4 min read Members ∙ Unlock

Damian Erdman ∙
in Museums

Path ∙ Museums & new media Part 2 of 8

A short comparison of two ways to explain an artifact’s history, and why one keeps visitors moving while the other makes them stop.

What a projection can do that a plaque cannot

Sound design is doing more work than visitors notice

Jun 19, 2026 ∙ 1 min read Paid ∙ Unlock

Brenda Reichel ∙
in Museums

Path ∙ Museums & new media Part 5 of 8

Ambient sound shapes how long visitors linger and how they feel in a space, often without them consciously registering that sound is involved at all.