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Feelings + Financials: Museums generate capital for their communities, and...
Clara Rice by Clara Rice, JRA More than 300 supporters converged in Washington, DC in February 2015 for Museums Advocacy Day, an endeavor backed by museum service organizations, graduate programs,...
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Big Bucks: PGAV designs “Inside the Economy” Museum
by Jeanette Cooperman There are museums of the dog, teeth museums, spy museums; museums stuffed with medieval armor or farm implements or glowing oil paintings. But there are not many museums about the...
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Tales from the Expo – Lessons for world’s fair exhibitors: an IPM online book...
James Ogul This series was written exclusively for InPark Magazine by James Ogul, former employee of the US State Department and closely concerned with the US presence at world expos from 1982 through...
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ABOVE: Concept art for Allavita at EXPO Milano 2015, a Cirque du Soleil production. Montreal, QB, Canada (April 20, 2015) — Cirque du Soleil (“Cirque”), one of the world’s leading producers of...
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The Selig Experience brings Milwaukee baseball history to life
Nestled in a corner of the Loge Level at Miller Park in Milwaukee, WI, The Selig Experience brings together the worlds of destination-based themed entertainment and sports history. The attraction is a...
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Minnesota World’s Fair Bid Committee urges US to rejoin the BIE
For more than 30 years, the U.S. was a member of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), a treaty organization that regulates and schedules world expositions. The U.S. withdrew from the BIE in...
View ArticleUPDATED: Proposed Ban on Whale and Dolphin Captivity Headed to Canadian Senate
IntroductionOntario LegislationOct. 2, 2014 Senate TranscriptMoore Press ReleaseMarineland ResponseJohn Nightingale on CBC Radio PHOTO Courtesy Marineland Ottawa, ON, Canada (June 12, 2015) — On June...
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National Days at world expos: How much ice cream for 800 people?
by James Ogul, author of Tales From the Expo Milan Expo 2015, a world’s fair sanctioned by the Bureau of International Exhibitions, is underway. The six-month event opened May 1, will close Oct 31, and...
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The partnership between USA Pavilions and corporate America at world expos
James Ogul by James Ogul, author of Tales from the Expo Image at top shows corporate sponsors for the USA Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. Over recent decades, the private sector role in USA Pavilions at...
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Water World updates two classic raft rides with energy-saving lighting fixtures
New candle lighting effects appear so realistic, park guests regularly splash and attempt to extinguish them. Lost River of the Pharaohs and Voyage to the Center of the Earth, both raft rides at Water...
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Behind the scenes tech look at Disney Springs’ T-Rex Café
Opened in 2008, the T-Rex Café in Disney Springs (then Downtown Disney Marketplace), part of the Walt Disney World resort, has been providing guests food in a highly themed prehistoric environment,...
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ETI strives to deliver more media experience with less gear
Brian Edwards, ETI Starting the IAAPA 2015 Orlando adventure off right, InPark attended a “magic” technology/media preview hosted by Edwards Technologies Inc. (ETI) and nWave Pictures promising to show...
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PHOTOS: Ryman Arts celebrates 25th Anniversary with exhibition
Ryman Arts celebrates its 25th Anniversary with an Alumni Art Exhibition showcasing its 25-year history and its impact on local artists. The Opening Reception welcomed 300 guests to a night of art,...
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IPM’s Judith Rubin and Martin Palicki visit the City Museum in St. Louis
In town for the TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) International Board meeting and strategic planning, Judith and Martin joined the group at St. Louis’ famed City Museum for teambuilding and...
View ArticleBIE Secretary General Attends Toronto Conference Examining Potential 2025...
ABOVE photo courtesy Ontario Place, Toronto. Paris, France (January 28, 2016) — On January 25, the Toronto Region Board of Trade held a conference to discuss the importance of World Expos as well as...
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$26M shortfall of US pavilion at Expo Milano highlights need for a better...
How could the United States improve its participation in World’s Fairs? Editorial by James Ogul, author of Tales from the Expo: Lessons for World’s Fair Exhibitors Recent financial issues with U.S....
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Animal Parks to Highlight Day One of TEA Summit
When Steve Birket and Kile Ozier were putting together their “Ethics, Ethos…and the Elephant in the Room” panel for Day One of the 2016 TEA Summit (March 31 at Disneyland Resort), one of the first...
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Shmoozing with Mom Bloggers at Walt Disney World
InPark Magazine was pleased to join a group of journalists and travel professionals hosted by Disney for the “Awaken Summer” media preview, a 3-day event at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, to help...
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Mixed Realities
Holovis explores virtual reality, augmented reality and the practical reality of making it all work By Stuart Hetherington, CEO, Holovis Real-time content is organic, made up of individual elements...
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The Hot Seat: Alex Calle
Design legend Jeremy Railton’s company has a new CEO Interview by members of the EDC team I try to learn from the employees at EDC. They’re the reason EDC is successful and they are one of the biggest...
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