Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Recently, I was giving a presentation about participatory techniques at an art museum, when a staff member raised her hand and asked, "Did you have to look really hard to find examples from art museums? For this reason, I see history museums as best-suited for participatory projects that involve story-sharing and crowdsourced collecting (e.g.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2013

The DAM is one of several large art museums that is embracing making in a big way—first, through their event-based programming and open art studios tied to temporary exhibitions, and now, through a 1,200 square foot studio in which visitors can do art projects tied to the permanent collection. They’re tagging with yarn.

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Denver Museum Arts Collaboration 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, Tags: ROI. Different thinkers and practitioners use different terms to describe similar tools and practices.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 7, 2010

Most of my work contracts involve a conversation that goes something like this: "We want to find ways to make our institution more participatory and lively." I don't know - and I hope you'll share your thoughts in the comments. We want to cultivate a more diverse audience, especially younger people, and we want to do it authentically."

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Audience Museum Oakland Participatory 40

Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2010

Last week, I gave a talk about participatory museum practice for a group of university students at UCSC. Teenagers are often the target for participatory endeavors, and they definitely have high interest in creative expression, personalizing museum experiences, and using interactive or technological tools as part of their visit.

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Teen Social Museum Participatory 49

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

Networks, groups, applications, conversations, meet-ups, T-shirts, donations, volunteer events and political actions receive community wide support and in many cases are created by the community itself. Tags: movement building. Note from Beth: This week I'm researching and thinking about the topic of creating movements.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. I hope you'll share your thoughts in the comments. The event succeeded in donating thousands of images to Wikipedia, but it was plagued by challenges that frustrated museum staff, Wikimedians, and photographers.

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Wikipedia Arts Museum Images 40

Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

In other words, a new kind of talkback board or participatory educational program. The most important aspect of designing a successful participatory platform is to intentionally, deliberately, and clearly DESIGN the platform. I encourage you to check it out, submit a card, and share your comments here.

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Game Experiment Participatory Museum 24

Museum 2.0

APRIL 22, 2008

When I heard the tollbooth story, I started thinking about gifting as a model for participatory experiences in museums. This post discusses participatory gifting in three parts: the why, the what, and finally, the how. How can we improve on these models to becomes sites for participatory giving? Ideas participatory museum.

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Gift Participatory Museum Model 23

Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2010

You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 Third places rarely if ever present scheduled events. Third places are more participatory and offer fewer basic amenities than most cultural institutions provide. Tags: Book Discussion: The Great Good Place. Facebook discussion board here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. Similar strategy to what the San Francisco Symphony did with its blogger outreach event. ASOL gives a write up and some pointers for holding your own blogger outreach event. s Blog about?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Others went on to crown the achievements from the participatory public sphere that have arisen as a result of increased access to content. Technorati Tags: wes08sep. Some presenters jumped at the chance to defend Jeffersonian principles through the timely release and transparency of public information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

So, in the spirit of thinking outloud, I'm sharing these works in progress here and welcome any comments or reactions. #1. We will discuss flickr, tagging, digital photography, flickr contests, participatory media campaigns, and much more. Screencasting Panel. Where do I find more information?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! In Children of the Lodz Ghetto, every data entry is verified by staff in a three-step process as well as reviewed and commented on by other users.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2009

He encouraged his friends and followers to help him generate a package of comments and complaints on this topic to send to museum executives at the end of June. We hope you'll follow these events as they develop and keep the conversation going." This is why I always say that participatory tools are about relationships, not technology.

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Conversation Museum Artist Minneapolis 21

Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2010

But then an exhibit designer, Darcie Fohrman, made a comment that changed my perspective. We've all experienced complicity with strangers, whether sharing a knowing smile with someone at an intersection or seeing the gleam in the eyes of a fellow fan at a sports event or concert. Complicity makes big places feel intimate.

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Community Museum Participatory Relationship 21

Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. Peter commented, I did hear from several people that the museum folks who loved visiting the City Museum when they were in St. Tags: evaluation design Unusual Projects and Influences.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I still get fidgety listening to the podcast, but now I see it as an artifact of a supremely conducted participatory project rather the sole product of the process. And they made me appreciate them as superb facilitators as a particular kind of participatory experience: conversation with strangers. Tags: web2.0

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Reflection Museum Podcast Participatory 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2008

Joe explains some of the planned intentional dialogue events: First, for the opening night dinner, we hired a local dance company that is putting together pieces about visiting museums, punctuated by an actor/dancer asking provocative questions to the group. Tags: professional development. Are you headed to Houston?

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Studies Associations Houston Museum 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 22, 2008

They are often one-offs for events but are increasingly included in the regular slate of programming at major libraries and cultural facilities (but at my count, only one museum). So if I don't respond to your comments right away, it's because I'm between a rock and a. well, you know. Would you use the Living Library?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2007

But now, many bars are also offering participatory experiences around content. The repeat audience is strong, and participants form growing relationships with one another over the events. Tags: programs inclusion. Flash back six months and I'm with friends at a hip bar in Washington DC, losing miserably at a weekly trivia night.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

review from a woman who attended an evening event at the Exploratorium and wrote: I attended the Fisher Investment party as a plus one and WOW!!! Surveys, interviews, tracking studies, and exhibit evaluations are often isolated events, and the information gleaned is specific to particular projects. What do you want?”

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

There will be several live events in DC throughout the course of the game, culminating with a five-hour extravaganza on October 25 in which drop-in players of all kinds (families, non-gamers, etc.) But comments on the gamers' forum like: An internet collaborative [sic] art display in a national museum? The game website is clear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. I'm pleased to announce that my screencast about tagging has been released and showcased by NTEN ! I created it for the screencast to illustrate the definition of tagging. If you have questions about tagging or want to share your organization???s

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

In many museums, comment cards are currently the most "participatory" part of the visitor experience. There are few, if any, ways to write back and continue the conversation with the visitor who commented. In other words, comment cards aren't effectively organized for use. Enter the internet.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Unlike many other social events in art venues that feature similar crowds and diversity, Artprize stood out in a simple way: people were entirely focused on and engrossed by the work. Please add it in the comments. Tags: exhibition Unusual Projects and Influences. What makes the social experience at Artprize so special?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2007

The author, Margaret Kadoyama, argues that for programs to move into the (positive) realm of engaging, personally meaningful dialogue, we as facilitators have to be patient and really respond to the questions or comments offered. Tags: programs participatory museum comfort.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The NAS has expressed high interest in hearing from interested parties who were not at the meeting; please share your personal 21st century issues as comments and they will get to the labcoats in Washington. Dream big, share it in the comments, and help this be a more productive study. Tags: professional development.

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

The Minnesota state fair is a huge event—it’s the biggest state fair in the country. If we didn’t get thoughtful comments, we were just going to do it ourselves. So we got back written comments and ratings 1-10. Projects interview design participatory museum usercontent. Tags: exhibition Museums Engaging in 2.0

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