MCN 2026

MCN 2026

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

9:45am PDT

Designed to Draft, Not Author: What Museum Partners Revealed About AI, Accessibility, and Trust Elwah BallroomDasha Pushkareva • Mark Osterman • Brittany Strupp

10:45am PDT

Artists’ Tools, Museum Stories: Creative Coding in the Age of AI 502 CowlitzLiz Neely • Miriam Langer • Jonathan Lee Design for the Visit! A Jobs to Be Done Approach to Making Your Website Work, Work, Work 501 ChiwawaKristen Torres Korman • Kate Smith Williamschen • Beth Watson My Huntington: Integrating Trust, Teams, and Tech Elwah BallroomAlyssa Machida • Louise Cole • Bradley Platz

11:45am PDT

Accessibility at Scale: Two Case Studies in Using AI to Write and Publish Visual Descriptions Elwah BallroomTara Bobinac • Julia Demarest Insight at the Museum: How Smithsonian's UX Lab Builds User Trust in Digital Products 502 CowlitzSara Snyder • Jordan Grant • John Nicholson

1:45pm PDT

Before the Last Witness: Digital Storytelling for History That Can No Longer Speak for Itself 502 CowlitzStephanie Verdin • Brian McCormick • Cassie Pikarsky • Kristina Jenkins How Many Multidisciplinary Project Mangers Does It Take to Reimagine ArtLens? Elwah BallroomSeta Nagbe • Tessa Shlonsky • Haley Kedziora • Sara Mikail • Kelly Farrell

2:45pm PDT

AI-Powered Access to Collections and the Future of Audience Trust 512 WillapaAndrew Cary • Massimo Petrozzi • Paige Bailey • Laura Mann Building Trust That Lasts: 10 Years of Design 502 CowlitzMadlyn Larson • Kirsten Butcher • McKenna Lane Cultivating Awe with Art Online Elwah BallroomIsabella Bulkeley • Paula Lynn