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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

The purpose of my thesis was two-fold: To research and analyze community and civic engagement practices, methods, theories and examples in other museum programs. This can be accomplished through a variety of feedback methods conducted both inside and outside the museum.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

This starts right when you walk into our museum, where you can share opinions about how to improve the institution on a comment wall. As we developed new 3rd Friday community festivals , we were careful to design them as intergenerational experiences. Empowering people starts by involving and including them.

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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

Bloomerang

But most importantly, please feel free to chat in any questions or comments along the way. And Derrick said, “Millennials are working to fix the problems they see in society using non-traditional methods without waiting around for anyone else’s approval or participation. Do you have any closing remarks or comments?