Museum 2.0

APRIL 28, 2009

On Friday, I offered a participatory design workshop for Seattle-area museum professionals ( slides here ). We concluded by sharing the tough questions each of us struggles with in applying participatory design techniques to museum practice. Tags: Talking to Strangers design. That's why I asked.

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Technique Question Design Develop 52

Museum 2.0

APRIL 15, 2015

The result was a true experiment in designing the future--right here, right now--with artists and planners and civic leaders at the helm together. Pop up libraries, performance spaces, and seating areas. One of my favorite projects , designed by the Exploratorium, nailed the balance of invitation and opportunity on a public street.

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San Francisco Arts Design Marketing 20

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Museum 2.0

JULY 22, 2008

Then bow your head and say a silent "tak" (that's "thank you" in Danish) to the creators of the Living Library. What is the Living Library? According to their website : The Living Library works exactly like a normal library – readers come and borrow a 'book' for a limited period of time.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S. Dear Museum 2.0-ers, Why are our current models failing?

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Museum Library Participatory Wikipedia 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2009

How would you design a recommendation system for a museum? You make explicit designations by making purchases, expressing preference via ratings or reviews, or choosing some things over others. Problem #2: Designing the Value System But what's "better" in the museum context? They have direct personal impact.

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System Design Movie Museum 22

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums (and libraries) are trusted sources of information. They were both commissioned by organizations whose purpose is to support museums and libraries. Museums aren't the only venues facing this question: news outlets, corporate brands, and educators are also grappling with the question of trust in the participatory age.

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Participatory Museum Teen Voice 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 16, 2010

They suggested: For an exhibition of religious art, inviting monks or representatives of different religions to serve as a kind of "Human Library," offering their differing perspectives on the artworks. Read about the Human Library in chapter 3 of The Participatory Museum by searching that term here.)

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

readers, I'm almost done with the first draft of The Participatory Museum: A Practical Guide , a book that explores the theory, practice, and design techniques for involving visitors and community members in the creation and sharing of cultural content. Tags: participatory museum. Dear Museum 2.0

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Help Participatory Museum Wiki 28

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 20, 2007

The renovation of an old community center to serve as a library and discussion place should help in this effort. A preliminary health survey showed that by far the most serious problem confronting the village is malaria, and that is the area where work will begin.

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Mali Participatory Survey Library 40

Museum 2.0

JUNE 22, 2009

I'm working on a personal project (slowly) to open a cafe/bar venue that is also a design incubator for participatory exhibits. My goals are two-fold: to develop a dynamic, creative, social platform for my community and to distribute its successful elements to other civic learning institutions (museums, libraries, community centers).

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Action Ideas St. Louis Museum 31

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I strongly recommend you read her whole blog back to the beginning (it's not too onerous) and check out the evolution of her experimental format, which she has deployed in museums, libraries, and classrooms in the US and Australia. The design is humble--and radical. They come up with a theme, a date, and invite people to come. (She

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

Many of my favorite museums, libraries, and zoos are customer-centered places. Kelvingrove in particular was impressive for embracing an eclectic, "we all belong here" approach to gallery design and display. My career first got moving at a brilliant example of the customer-centered museum: the International Spy Museum.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

I led two sessions, one on visitor co-created museum experiences, and the other on design inspirations from outside museums. 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! More on that in months to come.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience. Tate's Mobile Blog is collecting audience input on the new building design at the Tate - via mobile phones to blog - or mob blogging. They are sensitive to the artists who are being judged.

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2008

The focus will be on developing your wildest dreams as they relate to museums, libraries, etc. The book will be about applying community and participatory design principles to museums, and I'm going to try to complete it by summer of 2009. The chief difference is that they know what a book is.)

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Museum Participatory Library Blogger 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

On 8.16.08, the Museum of Art and History (Santa Cruz, CA) hosted FreelanceCamp, a free unconference that brought 150 designers and techies from the south bay area together to talk shop. Heck, it doesn't even attract the museum exhibit designers. Projects participatory museum. Does this mean copping out on our core values?

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The London Science Museum team designed an entire exhibition and then left a few open vitrines at the end for visitors to contribute their own toys during the run of the exhibition. As a brief design digression, I'd like to suggest that the gong is essential to this activity working. It invites people to play. Projects Core Museum 2.0

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Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

In the last year, I have seen traditional museum attitudes about social media and community co-design go from "why should we care about this?" Here are some highlights: Exhibitions that integrate crowdsourcing and co-design, including Click! Two years later, things have changed for the blog--and more importantly, for the museum field.

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Museum Voice Minnesota Participatory 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

The irritating design? I think it's a good thing that librarything gives me a way to talk to strangers about books that feels safer than approaching the drooling guy at the public library. It almost seems quaint to imagine that until very recently, library books listed names of actual people who had actually read the book.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I spoke with Georgina Bath, manager of interpretive programs for the Luce Center, and John Maccabee, game designer from City Mystery , to learn more about SAAM's plans for the next six weeks. But the world of ARGs thrives on participation for its own sake, and people on online forums are already planning their subaltern necklace designs.

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Game Museum Arts Alternative 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I want to share a few fabulous evaluation and research studies that have greatly informed my work (and specifically, the development of The Participatory Museum , which is going to the printer this weekend). The evaluation of the first Turkish Living Library , held in 2007 at the Rock for Peace festival in Istanbul.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Designing Online Engagement to Collaborate With Your Community - You can design online engagement to unleash your evangelists. In this workshop, we'll focus on all aspects of designing high-value, engaging, and participatory content that creates a partnership with your fans.

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NTC South Dakota Malawi Game 64

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The design is nothing special: a question printed on construction paper with a bunch of post-its and pens for visitors to respond. This is a participatory comment board in a true sense. to figure out what resources to stock in the Nursery's library in its next iteration. What makes this discussion board stand out?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2009

Like the Living Library project , the advice booth was a platform that connected strangers with strangers--not just staff with strangers. The bathroom wall was "anything goes" by design. This is a good lesson for museum talk-back design. Tags: evaluation exhibition design participatory museum usercontent.

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Advice Museum Facilitation Student 31

Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

What’s in the crystal ball for museums and libraries? The IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) has commissioned a preliminary proposal for an NAS (National Academy of Sciences) report on museums and libraries in the 21st century. What are the essential differences and similarities between libraries and museums?

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Library Museum Reflection Alternative 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Jessica Colaco places books in the iHub Community Library. I favor a participatory approach with full room discussion. I need to find a space like this in Silicon Valley for 2011. In addition to the Networked Nonprofit , I brought copies of books from colleagues that might be of interest to local NGOs.

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Kenya Network NGO Nonprofit 96

Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

We share an abiding interest in exploring the community-enhancing roles of libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs), especially in terms of the practice of hospitality and service within the institution. Nina's research keeps finding that the right kind of constraints work to produce a better participatory museum experience.

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