Hi, I’m Ian Elsner.


I make museum exhibits and podcasts about museums from Tallahassee, Florida 🍊 and Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬.

Here’s everything I do and how you can reach me.

Currently: 🇧🇬
Email: 💌 ian@ianelsner.com 

Code Meets Culture

Elevated museum experiences with tailored tech.
Licensure: Then and Now, American Society of Radiologic Technologists - Software Developer [RLMG] Immigration Map, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 - Software Developer [RLMG] Flight School, Museum Exhibit Prototype Changing Rivers, Idaho State Museum - Software Developer [RLMG] Lobby Map, Idaho State Museum - Software Developer [RLMG] Puddles, Museum Exhibit Prototype

Museum Archipelago

Your audio guide through the rocky landscape of museums. Museum Archipelago believes that no museum is an island and that museums are not neutral.
Featuring Club Archipelago, a listener-supported bonus podcast.
Episode 86. Nashid Madyun Fights the Compression of Black History at the Meek-Eaton Black Archives Episode 83. Chris Newell Forges The Snowshoe Path as the First Wabanaki Leader of the Abbe Museum Episode 77. Trump Asks, “Who's Next?” Lyra Monteiro Answers, Washington’s Next! Archipelago at the Movies🍿- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Other Projects, Conferences,  Appearances

Including podcast production, software and hardware prototypes, and interactive maps.

I don’t participate in all-white panels.
Museum Exhibition: Histories and Futures Plenary Event, 2020 Museums and Podcasting: Examining Cultural Power, Sound Education 2019 How to Start a Podcast at Your Museum in Ten Steps, MW19 | Boston Chasing the Chasers Thesis Project, Master of Arts in Digital Arts and Sciences, University of Florida 2014 Interactive Media in Bulgarian Museums, House of Humor and Satire Gabrovo, Bulgaria 2019 Kinect-Based Interactive Museum Exhibit Prototype The Quadcast from The Mary Christie Institute, Audio Producer Mac Power Users #507: Ian Elsner & His Stick of Gum PC, Guest Augmented-reality environment for locomotor training in children with neurological injuries, Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computed Assisted Interventions, MICCAI 2014.