Museum 2.0
MARCH 27, 2009
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. I saw teens and adults who sat and did this activity for 45 minutes and wasn’t surprised to hear that some people spend over an hour on it.
Museum 2.0
MAY 5, 2009
Visitor Co-Created Museum Experiences This session was a dream for me, one that brought together instigators of three participatory exhibit projects: MN150 (Kate Roberts), Click! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.
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Museum 2.0
AUGUST 25, 2009
There was a wonderful example at the Ontario Science Center in their Hot Zone area, which features several voting and commenting kiosks popular with teens. Tags: Talking to Strangers design participatory museum usercontent interactives. What design techniques do you use to create successful visitor dialogue experiences?
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 3, 2009
We're always happy for more bodies in the door, but if supporting teens means alienating seniors, there's a problem. The Denver Community Museum was an entire institution in a little storefront. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. The "community" doesn't have to leave their block to get there. See the link to the left.
Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
I've written before about the difference between participatory processes and products , but this question of frameworks and sensibility is more broadly applicable to community engagement strategies. In fact, I find that participatory products are often more likely to reflect a formal sensibility than their traditional counterparts.
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