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Jonathan Alger @JonathanAlger

Managing Partner of C&G Partners, a multi-specialty creative studio dedicated to design for culture.

Joined October 2008
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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Playful Engagement, with Ed Rodley. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/713783…

Playful Engagement, with Ed Rodley | Making the Museum | Episode 50

What if we combined immersion, emotion, storytelling — and games? We all want “engagement” … but what is engagement? How can our projects create it? What are the elements that go into it? Can game...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Sculpting History, with Ivan Schwartz. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/57df90…

Sculpting History, with Ivan Schwartz | Making the Museum | Episode 49

Can a statue change American history?How do we decide who gets a statue? What happens when you realize how many people deserve a statue but never got one? What’s the difference between a “forensic...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Secrets of Museum Display Case Design, with Stéphanie Bilodeau. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/64e2fc…

Secrets of Museum Display Case Design, with Stéphanie Bilodeau |...

How do you make a museum display case disappear?This episode is a masterclass in museum display case design. To the untrained eye, museum display cases look like what you’d find in a gift shop. But...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Story-Based Design, with Alan Reed. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/8eec10…

Story-Based Design, with Alan Reed | Making the Museum | Episode 47

Can a building tell a story?How do you design a glass wall to be ... mist? What if architecture, landscape, and exhibitions were all thought of as one thing? What changes when you etch barbed wire...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Designing with Animals, with Jacqueline Bershad. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/15d747…

Designing with Animals, with Jacqueline Bershad | Making the Museum |...

How would you design an exhibit — if an animal’s life depended on it?What is the number one reason people come to the National Aquarium? When should you take ego out of design? What is a “machine for...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Making a Memorial Museum, with Alice Greenwald. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/baa46c…

Making a Memorial Museum, with Alice Greenwald | Making the Museum |...

How do you make an institution that's both a museum and a memorial — at the same time?How are exhibitions like theater? Is a museum a group experience, or a personal one — or is that a trick questi...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: A New Community for the Exhibition Field, with Cybelle Jones, Steven Rosen, and George Mayer. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/bfae98…

A New Community for the Exhibition Field, with Cybelle Jones, Steven...

Is there an organization for the exhibition field? A new initiative is picking up steam. The exhibition community in the US, some say, has recently gone from having “nearly one” professional organi...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: The Client Side of Major Projects, with Amy Weisser. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/195156…

The Client Side of Major Projects, with Amy Weisser | Making the...

“The client’s role is not to solve the problem — it’s to state the problem.”What’s the client’s perspective in major cultural projects? What are “client user groups?” What’s the difference between...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Scrappy PR for Museums, with Sarah Maiellano. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/8bf788…

Scrappy PR for Museums, with Sarah Maiellano | Making the Museum |...

Can you get big press with a small budget? (Hint: Yes.) For museums, small firms, and independent consultants, this episode is packed with literally dozens of ideas from a master of scrappy PR. What...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Six Keys for Unlocking Your Most Playful, Creative Work, with Jonathan Goldstein and Kyle Talbott. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/fa1914…

Six Keys for Unlocking Your Most Playful, Creative Work, with...

Have we lost a sense of playfulness in our work … and could we get it back?In museums for children, why does “analog usually beat digital?” What’s a “climbing structure”? What are design metaphors,...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: The Money Pie Chart, with Amy Kaufman. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/c5c86b…

The Money Pie Chart, with Amy Kaufman | Making the Museum | Episode 40

How do new museums make money — really?In this episode, we lift the veil on new museum projects and money. What is “the peril of the bicycle wheel”? Is it bad to rely on “anchor funding”? How many...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Circus Lessons for Museum Professionals, with Jennifer Lemmer Posey. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/06919a…

Circus Lessons for Museum Professionals, with Jennifer Lemmer Posey |...

What’s the role of wonder in experience design? What can the circus teach us to make our exhibitions better? (Spoiler alert: a lot.) Could being “with it and for it” be the secret to success for...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Beyond “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, with David Franke. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/050b63…

Beyond “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, with David Franke | Making the...

Do museum stores actually make any money? What are they really for? Can a store act like an exhibition? What does “cap rate” mean? How big should a museum store be? What percentage of visitors go...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: An Economic Planner's Advice to Museums, with James Stevens. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/46c47f…

An Economic Planner's Advice to Museums, with James Stevens | Making...

Why is economic planning so vital to any new museum project?What happens if you don’t do it? What is “dark tourism”? Why do economists think about audiences? Can a museum have “ROI”? Which is more...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: A Guitar That Teaches Civil Rights, with Michele Y. Smith. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/4eaf57…

A Guitar That Teaches Civil Rights, with Michele Y. Smith | Making...

What is the “humanities gap” — and why is it a huge opportunity for museums?Why can’t everybody be a philanthropist for the day? What does “cultural literacy” mean, and how can it unlock new approa...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Rethinking Climate Control in Museums, with Roger Chang. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/8f3fc8…

Rethinking Climate Control in Museums, with Roger Chang | Making the...

Why is “70/50” the gold standard? Should it be? Who decided? Does every gallery really need to be 70 degrees, plus/minus two? Does every storage space really need to be 50% humidity, plus/minus five?...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Embracing Chaos, with Jon Maass. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/be4f58…

Embracing Chaos, with Jon Maass | Making the Museum | Episode 34

What if chaos in cultural projects is something to embrace, not fear? Can chaos theory give us new insights about how to manage complex work? Are we advocates for the owner of a project, or for the...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: The New Louis Armstrong Center, with Regina Bain and Sara Caples. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/7b4e0a…

The New Louis Armstrong Center, with Regina Bain and Sara Caples |...

What’s the secret to success, when a project lasts years longer than planned? What keeps us going when our work takes more time? How does the subject matter of a project relate to the form of a...

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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: Flourishing in Museums (New Book), with Dr. Kiersten F. Latham and Professor Brenda Cowan. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/1a2928…
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★ Just published a new episode of Making the Museum: The Real Bilbao Effect, with Andy Klemmer. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/3772f9…
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