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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

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Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Most people who really love and support a museum want it to be loved and well-used by the larger community, and many of these folks are thrilled by techniques that engage new people with the organization. Yes and no.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

Are there certain kinds of institutions that are more well-suited for participatory techniques than others? Most people who really love and support a museum want it to be loved and well-used by the larger community, and many of these folks are thrilled by techniques that engage new people with the organization. Yes and no.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

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Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. In some cases, that's based on subject matter, as at the Museum of Jurassic Technology or the American Visionary Art Museum.

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Guest Post by Martin Djupdraet: Let the Decision Makers Do the Audience Research

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I was impressed by his commitment to putting visitors first - and his technique for inviting more of his colleagues to do so as well. It is the second most visited museum in Denmark. I met Martin last year at the MuseumNext conference.