From museum spatial designer and Hot Date! author and illustrator Rawaan Alkhatib, Hello, Museum is equal parts inspiring and hardworking for museumgoers who want new and deeper experiences of public exhibits - or a meaningful visit in the span of a lunch break! This pocket guide is your ticket to endlessly customizable museum experiences and invites you to be curious, cultured, and visit museums of all kinds - from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Bonnie and Clyde Museum. These pages overflow with tips, inspiration, and enthusiasm from museum curators, tour guides, exhibit designers, museum guards, and dedicated museumgoers that invite you to try on different perspectives throughout your visit. Exercises to elevate your museum experience are peppered throughout - choose a color and let it guide you from room to room, have a friend build you a playlist to accompany your visit, or ignore labels on objects to imagine their history for yourself. In addition to unconventional tips and tricks, you'll find - Dispatches from The Museum of Stones- Interviews with Paleoartists- Instructions for curating your own curiosity cabinet- A list of every time the Mona Lisa has been stolen- Thoughts on the best souvenirs to purchase at the gift shop- And more! Chock-full of bright, standout artwork and unique hand-lettering, this is a stunning pocket guide that is rich in information, curiosity, and new perspectives - perfect for those who want to get out more, as well as armchair reading. A NEW ANGLE: This book isn't limited to art museums - it touches on every kind of museum, from fine art to natural history, science, public history, children's - as well as museum-adjacent experiences, like immersive installations, experiential art spaces, and kitschy roadside attractions. There's something here to get everyone interacting with the world. ESTABLISHED & AUTHORITATIVE AUTHOR: Rawaan Alkhatib's full-time job is turning experiential museum ideas into physical, user friendly, and interactive exhibits. Her work has been seen in a Science and Discovery Center in Saudi Arabia; a national-scale natural history museum in the United Arab Emirates; an immersive interactive exhibition focused on the Colorado River, and project work at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, among others.

Rawaan is a true expert at elevating a museum-going experience. GORGEOUSLY ILLUSTRATED: This visually arresting guidebook is chock full of the author's unique illustrations - including maps and infographics - perfectly complementing your museum experience and making for great armchair reading. Find illustrations of Egyptian tombs (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), extinct birds (The Zoological Museum at Trinity College), and Kermit the Frog (The Museum of Moving Images) alongside tips and tricks for your next gallery visit. - armchair readers- museum enthusiasts - fans of Hot Date! and Rawaan's art style- impulse shoppers at museum gift shops.