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Hack the Museum Camp Part 2: Making Magic, Reality TV, and Risk as a Red Herring

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As a forest-dwelling hippie, I know very little about reality TV, but it''s clear that the model of "do an ambitious, wacky project really fast" is now tied closely to a slew of shows about everything from cooking to art-making. Sure, they might have decided to present an art object in a confrontational and opinionated way.

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12 Ways We Made our Santa Cruz Collects Exhibition Participatory

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In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. We tracked down as many people as we could and developed a big spreadsheet so we could evaluate the possibilities.

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New Models for Community Partnerships: Museums Hosting Meetups

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This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! Consider the experience of the Computer History Museum and their Yelp! event, the Computer History Museum had 15 reviews on Yelp! meetup for Elite Yelp! Me: Me neither.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

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At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History , we''re approaching this challenge through a different lens: social bridging. What started as a series of experiments and happy accidents is now embedded in how we develop and evaluate projects. Museum of Art and History programs social bridging'

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Participation, Contemplation, and the Complexity of "And"

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We always knew that the inclusion of participatory and community-centered practices in arts institutions was controversial. Some people commune with the art. Our museum''s vision statement begins with the phrase, "The Museum of Art & History is a thriving central gathering place.". Some visit the archives.

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The Future of the LMS

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Throughout the course of history, some very brilliant minds have endeavored the obscure task of forecasting the future of technology. As we embark hundreds of years down the road from some of these grand musings and green field possibilities, it is important to look back and evaluate what we as humans have actually accomplished.