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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you. Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. There were times when coordinating a fire art festival while researching social capital theory made me want to burn my computer.

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AAM 2010 Recap: Slides, Surprises, and a Banjo

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He started with museums as a "place to go"--to see things, consume experiences. Finally, museums as "facilitators" of visitors' own experiences and interests. It's only been open for a few weeks, and they already have lots of visitors sharing stories, making and sharing art, and adding their voice to the exhibitions.

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