Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. We are trying to change the visitors’ experience at the museum as well as ownership of what is in the museum, break down the walls between the public and the museum.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. This post shares some of the most interesting questions I've heard throughout these experiences. Feel free to add your own questions and answers in the comments! BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

What classes are best? CA: While I was busy conducting academic research and taking university classes to secure a master’s degree, I decided “real life” work experience in my area of interest would be helpful. It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer. Would volunteering help?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Every few months, a major news outlet does an "expose" about data collection on museum visitors. These articles tend to portray museums as Big Brother, aggressively tracking visitors'' actions and interests across their visit. And then I started thinking: we do that all the time in museums. We''re trying to personalize.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

At the Sujaya School, I visited a second grade art class. The teacher introduced me as a visitor from America and asked if there the children wanted to ask me any questions. The first set of questions were typical for 7 or 8 eight year olds, asked in perfect English: ”What’s your favorite color? How deep is the Pacific Ocean?

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2022

When considering the work we create for clients, it is essential to know what has been successful in the past, but it is equally important to be forward thinking, to question what if and what could be, in order to reach new heights. Establishing a Healthy Work/Life Balance Is Vital. …for everyone, but possibly more so for creatives.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2018

You run a regional museum. This is the plan that plunged the Berkshire Museum into hot water. In July, the Berkshire Museum released its $60,000,000 New Vision , along with a funding mechanism: selling 40 of its most valuable artworks. It states that museums can only sell objects to purchase or care for other objects.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I''ve been curious about this question for a long time. I''ve mostly seen museums employ one of two methods for formal community advisors: Create special "spots" on the board of trustees for certain kinds of community representatives. What''s the best way to get formal input from diverse community members?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When you find a bar with your favorite song on the jukebox, or a museum room that feels like your grandmother's living room, you suddenly feel a strong affinity and are able to see yourself reflected in the space. It may be great for a natural refuge to remain hidden, but that sounds like a disaster for a restaurant or museum.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2019

At the time, I was leading the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. There was a lot we couldn’t see - like economic class and sexual orientation. We talked to colleagues in other institutions who were struggling with the same questions. We were three years into a dramatic transformation to welcome new people in new ways.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

But Vi doesn't work in a science museum. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, who are well known in museums for their excellent Smarthistory website and podcasts. the way the best museums do. Does this mean Khan Academy is competitive with museums? She would be the best science center educator ever.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2014

If a mother or counselor calls you to express gratitude for that after school program, that summer art camp that kept her child off the streets or the guitar class in the gym on Saturdays, dig in. A few simple questions can help you craft a quick blurb for your site or an email that the mother can tweak and send: How did the class help you?

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 12, 2017

I look forward to continuing my research plans, but I also have to keep in mind that there will be people questioning and challenging my work. On the last night of the conference, other scholars and I went to the final reception at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. This only motivates me more to continue in research.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2011

This winter, I once again taught a graduate class in the University of Washington's Museology program. You can explore the projects in full on the class wiki. As one participant said, "the museum feels friendly in a way it usually doesn't." People make the museum friendly, not activities.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums? Why the uniformity?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Have you asked yourself similar questions? If you have asked yourself some of these questions, here are some thoughts about how to build lifelong relationships—starting at a very young age.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Sixteen arts administrators, journalists, and researchers weighed in on the question over a series of posts. Several decried the oversimplification of the question, arguing that it's not an issue of "lead vs. follow" but a spectrum of forms of participant engagement. Turns out we're a lot more alike than I thought at the time.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Let people ask questions, share their experiences, or get involved. Some options could be: Panel discussions with experts Breakout sessions or other educational sessions Virtual classes Webinars Virtual tours Virtual conference. Reach out to a talented volunteer or local artist to lead the class, and purchases the necessary supplies.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2015

I have an unusual education for the director of an art & history museum: a degree in electrical engineering. Diane calls it "Beauty Class," but it really seems to be about aesthetic valuing: identifying beauty in its many forms, and developing a personal aesthetic sensibility. It reminds me of higher-level math classes in college.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

This week, we look at Chapter 5 of Elaine Gurian's book Civilizing Museums , Choosing Among the Options: An opinion about museum definitions in two parts. First published in Curator magazine in 2002, this essay presents five different museum "types" and their distinct opportunities and challenges.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2016

Relative to other museums, I think we spend less time producing an "onstage" experience and more time collaborating with community organizations behind the scenes to empower them to produce. Our museum is growing, and I'm always weighing different ways to expand our impact. Where do you start in considering these questions?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2014

She started volunteering for museums and eventually moved into the world of fundraising. Many nonprofit employees don't have time to sit through a day-long class. How can you make it the very best class for you and your staff? Got any tech planning questions? Berry wasn't always a nonprofit tech expert.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

At one of the pre-conference master classes, I met 2 young women from Cairo. One of them was the curator of the world largest archaeological museum, Grand Egyptian Museum. He asked them a question. In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland. It was her first time to attend such a large conference.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

In his thoughtful preface to this project, I reconnected with five lessons I''ve learned from participatory projects in museums and cultural sites. When community contributions are presented as second-class content, that negatively affects both the quality of the contributions and the perception of the product. That''s expected.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2011

A museum holds a free program in a semi-public space. This is the question I've been toying with this week. This is the question I've been toying with this week. Last weekend, my museum did a little pilot of a new program, Downward Draw. Ready for a math problem? Fifteen people engage in the prescribed activities.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2008

Usually, when I start posts with a question in the title, it's a cheat. The presumed answer is "yes" your museum needs a blog, a pony, or a set of comfy couches. Does your museum need a custom online social network? Why might a museum create its own social network? In this case, it's debatable. freedom from advertising.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2015

If people on the street are talking about X, the museum should be talking about X too. I used to work at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. Our mandate was to be the museum of Silicon Valley--not of its material history, but its pulse of innovation. Other times, grounded in the museum's collection.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2007

Thanks to Kyle Evans, who forwarded me the fascinating, lengthy master’s dissertation.art: Situating Internet Art in the Modern Museum by Karen Verschooren at the MIT Comparative Media Studies program. In it, Karen provides a survey of the evolving relationship of Internet art to art museums. Citizen science programs. Separation.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2020

She looked at the class and said, “These are the letters you wrote yourself your first day of Freshman year.” Don’t be afraid to ask even the simplest of questions, because chances are someone else has experienced it and wants to help. She passed them out and the sound of shredding and crinkling paper filled the air.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

The mom has a job at a museum cafe, the older kids are in school, and the youngest attends a wonderful daycare center we are so fortunate to partner with. We will provide career services right on site, including career classes, résumé support, and access to a jobs database. We are so excited for them! . Read your introductory story.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes. Have each homeroom teacher set up a Board with fun pins from their class and share the Boards by email with parents so they can follow along and repin they are proud of and want to share with their child's family and friends. Be prepared to field some teacher questions.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

For example, when we held community meetings about the development of a new creative town square next to our museum, a group of middle/upper-class moms talked about not feeling safe downtown. We use the Pop Up Museum --inviting small groups to build artifacts from the future--in many of our community meetings.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

No museum puts up a label that says: “Our last curator thought this painting was lousy and kept it in storage. Institutionally, this is a question of moving around assets, elevating some stories and archiving others. Our new curator thinks it speaks to contemporary issues and put it front and center.” They made magic at the MAH.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. Before the Princes of Surf exhibition, these boards rested deep in the collection storage of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. We lie to ourselves, writing shiny press releases for exhibitions of second-class objects and secondhand stories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 17, 2011

But I think it fits the graduating class of American Humanics (AH) students, all 18 of them. We held the American Humanics Senior Recognition Dinner on Monday, April 25th at the George Washington Carver Museum and Community Center , led by a first-generation AH alumna, Princess Crump. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2006

Anyway, it's called "Existential" or the ability to ponder big picture questions. Take for example some recent questions that he has asked me: Does the Tooth Fairy get bored with her job? " It stumped her and the class had to look it up when they got back to school. is definitely an existential learner.

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