Discover hands on methods for how museums and cultural organizations use scent to interpret collections, tell stories, and create meaningful visitor experiences.
Nosetalgia: On Scent, Memory, and the Smells We Do Not Want to Lose Smell places you inside a memory. A single whiff and suddenly you are somewhere else entirely: a place, a person, a moment that you may have forgotten. This is what makes olfaction unlike any other...
Olfactory Distribution Design: From Interpretive Intent to Visitor Experience When people think about scent in the museum, they often focus on the smell itself. What it is, where it comes from and what it means. But there is an entire layer of practice that sits...
Looking at Art Through Scent No. 01 — Mary Magdalene and the Spikenard Jar One of my favorite images. It shows a young woman with long hair, often dressed in red and grey, holding a gilded jar. She looks directly outward: composed and unhurried. At first glance, it...
Notes from the Field: Smelling the Bouquet at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum As more museums explore multisensory interpretation, scent is emerging as a powerful—yet still untypical—tool for storytelling. In this edition of Notes from the Field: How Museums Use...
Notes from the Field: Smelling the Past at the Mary Todd Lincoln House As more museums explore multisensory interpretation, scent is emerging as a powerful—yet still untypical—tool for storytelling. In this edition of Notes from the Field: How Museums Use Olfactory...
A Visit to the Turku Museum Center in Finland In 2024, I traveled to Turku, Finland for the Erasmus+ program. This program allowed the Turku Museum Center to invite an expert that could exchange ideas about multisensory storytelling techniques. I spent three full days...
Odeuropa x Museum Ulm x IFF | Launched April 2022 – Present During my three years as the olfactory events manager for Odeuropa , I led the development of multiple projects. One of those was Follow Your Nose! A Guided Tour with Smells, an olfactory guided tour...
Olfactory Storytelling Toolkit: A ‘How-To’ Guide for Working with Smells in GLAMs and Heritage Institutions Odeuropa | Launched November 2023 During my three years as the olfactory events manager for Odeuropa , I led the development of multiple projects. The Olfactory...
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