Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Teens are a known (and somewhat controllable) entity. The first of these reasons is practical.

Teen 24

Teen Participatory Experiment Museum 24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. It takes a special kind of cook, artist, or scientist to want to support the contributions of novices. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”

Participatory 50

Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 50

Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. It takes a special kind of cook, artist, or scientist to want to support the contributions of novices. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”

Participatory 44

Participatory Experiment Museum Teen 44