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Visitor Privacy in Interactive Exhibits
What personal information interactive exhibits can collect, from cameras to touch logs to phone connections, and practical ways to collect less and protect more.
Museums and Culture
Ethics and Rights
Privacy, permissions, sensitive material and community voice.
Bias in Collections and Digital Labels
How gaps and slant in collection records carry into exhibit screens and labels, and practical ways to spot, acknowledge and gradually correct them.
Consent for Photography and Recording Visitors
How to use clear signage, sensible opt-in and opt-out options and careful handling of footage when visitors are photographed or filmed in a gallery.
Consulting Source Communities
How museums can work respectfully with the people whose heritage is shown in an exhibit: who to approach, how to listen and how to share decisions.
Copyright and Image Permissions for Exhibits
A general-terms guide to rights questions for images, audio and video in exhibits: who owns what, what a license covers and when to ask for permission.
Cultural Safety in Digital Representation
What cultural safety means for exhibits: respecting community protocols about images, names and restricted knowledge when heritage appears on screens.
Handling Sensitive and Distressing Content
How to present difficult subjects in exhibits with content notes, thoughtful framing, visitor choice and support, without hiding the history or shocking people.
Orphan Works and Unknown Rights Holders
What to do when an image, recording or document may be protected but its owner cannot be found: diligent searches, records, risk choices and alternatives.
Returning and Sharing Digital Copies of Cultural Heritage
How digital copies relate to questions of ownership and return: what sharing images and scans can and cannot do, and how to approach it with communities.
Using AI Generated Imagery in Exhibits
Cautions and labeling practice for synthetic images in galleries: when generated pictures mislead, what to disclose and when to avoid them entirely.
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