Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

Side Trip is an immersive environment full of interactive experiences that let visitors share their own stories of the 1960s, make their own rock posters, and explore the music and vibe of the time. The primary interactive activity is one in which visitors can make their own rock posters. It is an incredible museum experience.

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Denver Museum Arts Remix 21

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

Sure, it's social, but people stick to their own "pods"--families, teens, adults--and don't diverge or merge. Out on the boardwalk, or at the zoo or a museum, there's a common experience of the sights, sounds, smells, activities of the place. Ideas participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences visitors.

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Museum Participatory Teen Game 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

This seems a little ungenerous to museums; while institutions may bestow more love upon wealthy, elderly donors than the general visiting public, museums have actively courted mass audiences for years. We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem.

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Community Museum San Diego San Francisco 22

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

I watched many entertaining shorts featuring students explaining exhibits to the beat of popular and illegally uploaded music. When I watch the videos teens created at the Exploratorium and post on YouTube, I see the aspects of the exhibits they thought were most important to share with their classmates. You need a listening machine.

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Museum Teen Second Life Discussion 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

The recent flurry of restrictions that has sent teens fleeing? But I don't think it's good when people engage in these activities unwittingly; that is, when they do so without understanding the full implications of their web presence. Tags: participatory museum visitors. The irritating design? 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

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Maybe it's a live music concert, or a museum visit, or a play. Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. For myself personally, this gulf rears its head every time I go to a live music concert.

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Arts Museum Music Calendar 50