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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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Take a Side Trip to the Denver Art Museum

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This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. Tags: exhibition Museums Engaging in 2.0 I happened to be at DAM for work and got to experience this amazing exhibit.

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Send in the Science Clowns: A Frustrated Reaction to a Science Center Demonstration

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Last week, I took in the new Galileo science show at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. There’s no history museum doing a send-up of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Tags: children's museums programs. I felt it insulted my intelligence and my genuine interest in learning something about science. What do you think?

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

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In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. They have an open collections policy, and they see media artifacts as objects that connect people--to art, to history, to politics, and to each other.

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Creature Comfort: Where are the Couches in Museums?

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I visited a friend last weekend who works at a coffee shop in downtown Santa Cruz, right next to the Museum of Art and History. Why doesn’t the whole Museum of Art and History look and feel like the coffee shop? The Denver Art Museum has some spaces like that. Tags: design comfort. There was funky music.

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Designing Talkback Platforms for Different Dialogic Goals

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Rabinowitz commented that "as a 40-year veteran of history museum interpretation, I can say that I never learned so much from and about visitors." Tags: Talking to Strangers design participatory museum usercontent interactives. A lone "What do you think?" What have you seen work well, and what have you seen fail?

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

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This was particularly directed at MN150, which featured visitor-nominated milestones of Minnesota history, and Children of the Lodz Ghetto, which invites users to conduct original research on the path taken by thousands of children during the Holocaust. Tags: professional development. you can do a lot with a storefront.

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