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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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For the purpose of this blog post I’ll discuss three key ingredients from my thesis that can activate community engagement in museum programs and how we apply this to programs at the MAH: assessing and responding to community assets and needs, building social capital, and inviting active participation.

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

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Third, museums as a "place to be heard"--to share your voice, your stories, your interpretation. It's only been open for a few weeks, and they already have lots of visitors sharing stories, making and sharing art, and adding their voice to the exhibitions. Again, we did short presentations followed by lots of active discussion.

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