New Issue: Exhibition

VOL. 45 ISSUE 1
(partial open access)

In “Present Tense,” the Spring 2026 issue of Exhibition, museums are finding ways to highlight our shared experience instead of our differences, bringing communities together and providing space for new understanding in these tense times. Learn their approaches and strategies for tackling complex topics with visitors, and how museums are responding to pressing current issues.

Editor’s Letter
Jeanne Normand Goswami

Contested Figures in Museum Praxis
Julia Peristerakis and Isabelle Masson

Echoes from the Key Bridge: Collecting and Interpreting Contemporary Events
Anita Kassof, Beth Maloney, and Verónica E. Betancourt

Centering the Cellphone, Decentering the Museum
Laura Donnelly-Smith, Christyna Solhan, Marion Le Voyer, and Nicole Webster

A Colossal Mirror: Museums as a Refuge for the Real in the Age of AI
Lauren Thompson and Stefania Van Dyke

Exhibition as Process: CoLab Studio’s Adaptive Model for Rapid, Collaborative Curation
Devon M. Akmon

From Neutrality to Narrative: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Exhibiting Science
Anna Mirzayan, Rachel Reeb, and Mason Heberling

Vanishing Space: Interpreting Agricultural Change in Real Time
Jennifer Rogers, PhD and LaShell Martinez

Present Tensions: A Snapshot of the Pressures Facing U.S. Museums
Leander Gussmann

Entwined Histories of Monstrous Proportions
Andy King

How to Navigate Uncertainty Through Contract Negotiation
Sharon Hotchkiss, Esq.

Rethinking Exhibition Mounts: Bio- Based Prototypes
Nikoletta Karastathi and Alicia González-Lafita Pérez

Restorative Museums: A Primer for Exhibition Practice
Kate Merrick

Contemplating Colonial Echoes
Tamara Newton