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Wandering Down the "Don't Touch" Line

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At the museum of art and history where I work, we are grappling with the question of how to help people enjoy themselves while keeping the art and artifacts safe. In the history gallery, we have some blended props and artifacts, and it's rarely clear what is and is not ok to touch. Engagement with local artists.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

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Summertime concerts at the history museum? The Relationship Between Attendance and Impact How can we measure impact? Let''s look at it in the narrow context of the relationship between attendance and impact. For some institutions, like the MCA Denver, attendance is seen as a very poor measure of impact.