Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2009

It is an exhibit of user-generated content? In almost all cases, museums assure me that they want to be in conversation, that they want to be responsive, that they want to “really hear” what people think. Sadly, it was the second story that was about a museum. Is this a research project? Is it a conversation? Let’s start there.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2007

No one would contest the idea that most museum exhibitions, art shows, films, books, in short, most content experiences, have value both for the new and return user. There’s no expectation that the content will have evolved in your absence; instead, the user evolves, and brings new meaning-making to the content experience.

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Experiment Create Museum Amazon 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

Two very interesting articles today by Ian Bogost , courtesy of Gamasutra , about the potential of games as a more generalized medium for interaction with content. He notes that film, music, visual art, and literature have evolved as media that are used in all kinds of environments, from the mundane to the profound. situations.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2006

There's nothing too shocking in this design list, but it's a great alternate view into the window of interactive exhibit design. In short, creating a consistent, positive environment for user interaction. Everyone who walks up to a museum kiosk knows it isn't "alive".

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The interview includes stories about some of his projects, and a delving into questions about what makes viral content compelling, how to draw people into an uncomfortable environment, and ways that art--or museum content--can become more pervasive by being hidden in the corners of life. At first, it was a surprise.

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Discussion Game Oklahoma Museum 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 3, 2009

When we first started planning C2, we were concerned that no one would come or that people would perceive it as frivolous in a time of extreme stress in the economy and museum industry. And we got to do it all in a beautiful natural environment. Instead, my head is buzzing with energy and excitement about work.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

In many museums, comment cards are currently the most "participatory" part of the visitor experience. It's the one place where visitors can offer direct, open-ended feedback on the institution's content and services. It may be useful if you want to ask "What kind of teen programs should our museum offer?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Content Generation and Issues Awareness: You encourage stakeholders to create content about your organization or it's issues and share it with others and encouraging fans to talk about your issues to others (word of mouth). This will allow you to observe what your audience is saying in their natural environment.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

I had a surprisingly good label-reading experience at the de Young museum recently. At the simplest level, cross-platform can mean a single action in one environment inducing action in another. A computer kiosk in a museum might allow you to send a link home to yourself related to a physical exhibit experienced at the museum.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Welcome to the second in the four-part series on comfort (and its boundaries) in museums, a day late but just as tasty. I came out of it truly amazed by the power of the museum—not just to elicit laughter, but also to induce bizarre and voluntary acts of silliness in front of and with strangers. By sending people on missions.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Robert Garfinkle of the Science Museum of Minnesota commented at ASTC that the cacophony of voices from videos in the exhibition RACE make people feel more comfortable talking about the issues the exhibition raises, since they are in the environment of other people's words. The content was serious, important, and deeply cared for.

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Voice Museum Vietnam Music 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Today, we take a page from Wallace Stevens and look at some alternative ways to structure museum admissions and pricing. What if visitors could stream into the museum, with the expectation that at some point they would encounter a staff member who could facilitate the purchase of admission? Get rid of the admissions desk.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Why do you care about and or work in museums? I don't work in museums because I love them. When I visit a new city, I don't clamor to visit museums. And while I'll visit museums out of professional (and occasionally personal) interest, I don't do it because of a deep emotional connection. And check out the comments.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

We share an abiding interest in exploring the community-enhancing roles of libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs), especially in terms of the practice of hospitality and service within the institution. Nina's research keeps finding that the right kind of constraints work to produce a better participatory museum experience.

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