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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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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. I learn a ton from her every day and wanted to share her thinking--and her graduate thesis--with you.

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Eight Other Ways to "Connect with Community"

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The article references connecting with young people via social media, at-risk youth via exhibit co-creation, and urban creatives via public art installations. The homeless community? The Denver Community Museum was an entire institution in a little storefront. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. Which community?