MCN 2026

MCN 2026

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10:15am PDT

From Audience to Author: Remaking Museum Storytelling from the Outside In Elwah BallroomRachel Nicholson • Jocelyn Edens • Sofie Andersen • Sarah Wambold • Glenn North • Christine Murray The Museum as Experimental Space: Testing AI Interpretation in a Public Setting 512 WillapaRonald Czik • Lindsay Bartholomew

11:15am PDT

Digital Strategy Case Studies from Three Museums: Aligning Plans, People, and Practice 502 CowlitzKevin Kane • Frances Lloyd-Baynes • Jill Oster • Ryan Waggoner • Jennifer Talbott Reclaiming Your Digital Infrastructure Elwah BallroomMike Lee • Chad Weinard • Michelle Gude • Colin Brooks • Gary Dauphin

1:15pm PDT

F***,Marry,Kill: Guidelines for Determining the Lifespan of a Digital Project 502 CowlitzErin Cecele Dunigan • Sarah Luken • Mara Kurlandsky From Metadata to Meaning: AI and the Future of Online Collections Elwah BallroomMartín Franzini • Madeleine DiBiasi • nikhil trevedi • Neil Hawkins

2:15pm PDT

Art in 3D: A multi-institutional perspective on 3D in museums 502 CowlitzBrett Renfer • Kurt Heumiller • Nathan Ian Anderson • Dale Utt Collections Online in 3.5 Months: An Honest Look 512 WillapaBruce Wyman • Piotr Adamczyk • Susan Chun • Mark Dischler The Enduring Practice of Participatory Engagement Elwah BallroomEmily Cain • Summer L. Hamilton • Ann Sacher • Kamilah Stinnett

3:15pm PDT

Neither Here Nor There: Musetech as Ecotone 502 CowlitzIsabella Bruno • Marina Gross-Hoy Why Is This Even Here? Power, Interpretation, and Shared Authority in the Museum 512 WillapaJeremy Radtke • Kris Wilton • Ariel Hirschhorn • Alex Hanesworth Will GenAI kill the website as we know it? Elwah BallroomDouglas Hegley • David Newbury • Matt Tarr • Andrea Ledesma • Martín Franzini