Braafladt Opens Up About Science Museum of Minnesota's Cardboard Exhibits

Keith Braafladt ’86 and Joe Imholte (the current Executive Vice President at The Bakken Museum in Minneapolis) recently collaborated on an article detailing an exhibit he co-created at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

In the article, Braafladt and Imholte go over the genesis of 2016's Cardboard Gallery, making it a reality, and developing a 'sequel' exhibit in 2019 entitled Cardboard City. They both go over the business end of making the exhibits and how the community/staff helped pitch in to help aid in the creation of the events.

This article first appeared in the journal Exhibition (Spring 2023) Vol. 42 No. 1 and is reproduced with permission.

Learn more

• National Association for Museum Exhibition main page
• Crafting Cardboard Experiences: The Activity that Evolved into an Exhibition