Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2014

I was co-author of a recently completed research study [ PDF ] funded by the National Science Foundation, the Bilingual Exhibit Research Initiative (BERI), which strove to better understand bilingual labels from the visitor perspective. One of the main affordances of bilingual interpretation, of course, is that it provides access to content.

Intergenerational 53

Intergenerational Museum NSF Facilitation 53

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand. We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off. In places that succeeded, at that point, a local coalition was in place to fund the Workshop. We''re really different from traditional science centers in our funding model.

Green 20

Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

Wendy: Part of the thinking was that NSF supported the book Are We There Yet? , NSF requires grant applicants to build on prior knowledge--where do you get it? And with NSF's support, some of the very first things we did were around people developing traveling exhibits. NSF seems to be perfectly happy with that.

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NSF Interview Case Study Museum 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

Funders and potential donors tend to look for particular benchmarks of professionalism (appropriately), and few are comfortable funding the most risky or content-specific institutions. The content is often seen as not being community-specific. To some extent, it's externally-driven. But that's only part of the story.

Support 41

Support Museum St. Louis NSF 41

Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2007

Tagging,” or assigning descriptors to pictures, websites, and other content on the internet, is a huge trend in 2.0. Most of the incentives on sites for tagging are related to increased functionality (better organization of my sites on del.icio.us) or increased visibility (more searchable content). You look at this picture.

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Game Tag Fun NSF 20