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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Museum programs can also bridge different groups that might not typically interact such as the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum’s Educational Residential Centre, which designed a program specifically to bridge children of two groups engaged in social conflict, Catholics and Protestants. All of our events require some level of participation.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

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You could argue that any single visit or interaction with the Science Center--at the facility, out in the community, online--could have the spark of ignition. We ignited science and technology learning this year through ongoing exhibits, educational programs, outreach in the community, and online interactions, which reached 3 million people.