Museum 2.0

JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. And the program helped people feel like they knew what was going on. It was pretty freaking amazing.

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Reflection Community Museum Participatory 43

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

When I look back at some recent projects that I''m most excited about (like this teen program ), I realize that I had very little to do with their conception or execution. I helped them find funding and partners and time to make amazing work happen. Participatory work can be very labor-intensive. We wrote engagement goals.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2013

Thank you to everyone who recommended a favorite post from the past or who helped out with a guest post. You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more.

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Museum Participatory Reflection Conference 35

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. There was a spirit of conviviality and purpose and helpfulness and Spanglish in the air. I helped paint that sign." "I I knew I could learn a lot from it. No visible bylines.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I worked on one project in which the client institution thought they wanted unfettered teen expression. When they saw the results of that expression, they struggled with the content and eventually integrated it into their project in a way that diminished the teens’ involvement and hard work. Sixth, you need other people to help you.

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Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Please help make this a great resource for everyone. Now, onto the links: If you have a great idea for a participatory learning project that uses digital tools, the MacArthur Foundation wants to give you money. We're still looking for your Museum 2.0-related All you have to do to participate is write one question here.

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Fund Teen Museum Game 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! Some of the key lessons we discussed were: providing crystal-clear criteria and constraints to help participants focus their work.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 6, 2011

Let's say you spend a year working with a group of teens to co-create an exhibition, or you invite members and local artists to help redesign the lobby. How do you acknowledge their participation in a way that helps subsequent visitors connect with the passion and hard work that went into the process?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

This week, I'm hoping you can help solve a mystery on a similar topic. Sure, it's social, but people stick to their own "pods"--families, teens, adults--and don't diverge or merge. Ideas participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences visitors. Step 3: a successful "five" is given. Why does this happen?

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Museum Participatory Teen Game 20

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. In my first six months, I got to help research and install a temporary exhibition, manage youth and adult programs, start a podcasting program, and learn how to run department budgets.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

How does it help the Exploratorium to listen to these environments if they can't be controlled? They're right in front of us, and we can enlist them into intimate communities to help us listen. Listeners don’t tell you what to do, but they can help guide the choices you make in greater confidence. You need a listening machine.

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Museum Teen Second Life Discussion 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2009

Placing feedback stations in the open lowers the probability of socially inappropriate behavior, and it also allows parents and teachers to help struggling visitors answer the questions at hand. Tags: Talking to Strangers design participatory museum usercontent interactives. What have you seen work well, and what have you seen fail?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. These programs are usually used to help staff have a better sense of front-line needs and challenges, but they're also an obvious way to help all staff literally "connect" with visitors. See the link to the left.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

The recent flurry of restrictions that has sent teens fleeing? Exclusivity helps. Tags: participatory museum visitors. When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind? The irritating design? The bizarre obsession with "adding" friends? Or is it the stalkers?

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Museum Myspace Facilitation Social Network 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2012

A group in their late teens/early 20s were wandering through the museumwide exhibition on love. When I walked by the first time, the teens were collaging and Kyle and Stacey were talking. I don't know what formed the bridge between the artists and the teens in this circumstance. Kyle had brought his baby with him.

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Community Teen Build Social 42

Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

Single-speaker lectures languish while lightning talks featuring teen photographers, phD anthropologists, and professional dancers are packed. "Family Art Workshops" suffer from anemic participation whereas multi-generational festivals are overrun with families.

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Museum Social Arts History 55

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. In most cases the goal is the same: to attract new audiences and help them understand how the institution (and the arts experience) might fit into their lives.

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Arts Museum Music Calendar 50

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I've written before about the difference between participatory processes and products , but this question of frameworks and sensibility is more broadly applicable to community engagement strategies. In fact, I find that participatory products are often more likely to reflect a formal sensibility than their traditional counterparts.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42