Online course by Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Duration: February 11 – March 11, 2026
Fee: €189 (incl. VAT)
Max Seats: 30
Enrol By: February 10, 2026
Live Sessions: 2 hours/week
Curating involves more than selecting and displaying objects; it also means designing how visitors move through the space, engage with the artwork, and make sense of the exhibition. This course introduces User Experience (UX) design as a framework for exhibition-making, equipping you with strategies to enhance audience connection, understanding, and curiosity in your projects.
Drawing on behavioural psychology, sensory design, spatial storytelling, and audience research, you will learn best practices and practical tools to analyse, design, and implement visitor-centered experiences. By the end of the course, you will be able to transform curatorial concepts into thoughtful, engaging visitor journeys.
Over five weeks you will learn how to:
- Understand audiences and translate their different needs into creative exhibition design
- Construct conceptual narratives and spatial storytelling plans that support the visitor experience
- Foster engagement through emotional and sensory design strategies
- Implement and evaluate user experience design approaches during production
This course is for anyone involved in designing, curating, or producing exhibitions (including artists, curators, exhibition designers, and cultural managers) who want to place the visitor experience at the heart of their projects and design engaging, meaningful experiences.
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