Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Very, very few museum visitors are in the "dog and baby" category. It''s really important to be able to articulate what we need to achieve our institutional missions. I don''t hear this phrase accompanied by evidence-based articulation of "needs" of audiences. They are human beings. They are complex. But what do they need?
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
They want articulated goals and expectations. This summer, I worked with the Chabot Space & Science Center on a design institute in which eleven teens from their Galaxy Explorers program designed media pieces for an upcoming Smithsonian exhibition on black holes. At first, we didn't understand what they were talking about.
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Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 7, 2010
Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." hour at the Museum. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 14, 2009
Unsurprisingly, some of my favorite museums are small, funky places run by iconoclasts—but that’s not useful to most professionals who work for organizations in which they have little control over size or leadership matters. I worked on one project in which the client institution thought they wanted unfettered teen expression.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 20, 2019
I tell the story of the one-man band because I think many museum professionals feel like him. But, most importantly, few museum professionals have a free hand or moment. I hope to hear you articulate your thoughts in comments or on social. Museums rarely have the funding to replicate positions. There are plenty.
Museum 2.0
JULY 9, 2007
Last week, Elaine Gurian and I talked about radical change in museums. Former museum start-up queen, Jen is taking a small organization whose goal is to promote girls’ involvement in math and science through research and programming to new, innovative, exciting places. Braincake isn’t some fakey attempt to pander to teens.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 Diane is both visionary and no-nonsense about deconstructing the barriers that many low-income and non-white teenagers and families face when entering a museum. Most large American museums are reflections of white culture. blog posts from the past.
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