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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

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The Washington Post covered the MAH's transformation as part of an article about museums engaging new audiences. Executive Director Nina Simon, who was hired in 2011, says that in the years following the global financial crisis, the facility was struggling. “We The impact was dramatic. Within three years, attendance tripled.

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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. Collaborative programs with diverse groups bring in a variety of visitors causing new audiences to interact and connect. The value of participatory experiences is epitomized in FIGMENT , a free, creative, participatory, non-profit, community art event.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

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When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. Our programming isn't for target audiences. We're struggling with this right now when it comes to family audiences. There are links embedded to other posts that go deeper into specific topics.

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