Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

At the time, we thought it was financial trouble, but it turned out it was much deeper than that,” Simon says. Audiences of all backgrounds found ways to connect with museums as it presented exhibitions with the help of foster youth, migrant farmers, roller-derby girls, mushroom hunters, surfers and incarcerated artists, among others.

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Audience Washington Museum Intergenerational 49

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer. The program is an experimental playground that bridges artists, students, chefs, comedians, hairdressers, bartenders, dancers, wrestlers and even tattoo artists to produce a community-led event.

Museum 49

Museum Program Participatory Community 49

Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

As time has gone on, my attention has shifted from the tactic of participation to the outcome of building community. At the same time, “identity” doesn't always mean demographics. For example, in Santa Cruz there is a huge community of creative people who identify as artists in non-traditional media.

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Build Community Museum Artist 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Internal to an individual museum, relative attendance--changes over time or program--can yield useful information. Attendance does a good job representing how popular an institution is, how used it is, and how those two things vary over different times of day, days of the week, times of year, and types of programs.

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St. Louis Impact Museum Denver 55