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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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An example of this is The Portland Art Museum’s partnership with the faculty and students in Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice Department for their annual Shine a Light program. We scaffold levels of participatory experiences at events that are intergenerational, multidisciplinary and appeal to different types of learners.

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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact

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For some institutions, like the MCA Denver, attendance is seen as a very poor measure of impact. But for almost all museums (even MCA Denver), attendance is correlated with impact in some way. Or students who visit at some point and go on to careers in science and technology. But does attendance demonstrate mission fulfillment?