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Museum 2.0
JANUARY 30, 2013
Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. Whenever we are creating content, we like to use it in a variety of formats.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 13, 2010
On October 20, a young woman named Kate will move into Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and live there for a month. This post is not about the Month at the Museum concept or implementation. Instead, this post focuses on a fascinating aspect of Month at the Museum: the video applications. That will come later.
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Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Exhibit labels in science centers ask more questions than any other kinds of museums, and yet the questions are often awful--teacherly, overly rhetorical, and totally meaningless. asked by a cop or mother, garners the full attention of asker and askee alike, museum questions like "what is nanotechnology?," Download our slides here.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Minnesota Council for Nonprofits annual conference; and after my presentation, I spent a couple hours speaking with folks from various nonprofits, vendors and service organizations. Why focus on that instead of content, or knowledge or information or anything else? Why Community?
Media Cause
JUNE 16, 2022
Black Youth Project — BYP has various local chapters. Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)— SURJ has various local chapters. Take time to celebrate your local community and find ways to support them during this time of celebration. We’ve highlighted a few events local to our offices: Bay Area Juneteenth Events.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 14, 2008
This is true whether you are talking about marketing text or exhibit content. Many museums have jumped into the middle level—producing their own content—without starting with commenting. Consider the path of the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Both are museum-run forums for visitors to post their own content and opinions.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 19, 2008
Every museum has a number for its operating cost per visitor. Most museums don't strategically set this number--too many operating costs are fixed by building needs--but they can use it to assess how expensive each visitor interaction is and evaluate the efficacy of programs. So where do online initiatives fit in?
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