Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Recently, I was giving a presentation about participatory techniques at an art museum, when a staff member raised her hand and asked, "Did you have to look really hard to find examples from art museums? For this reason, I see history museums as best-suited for participatory projects that involve story-sharing and crowdsourced collecting (e.g.

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Museum Difference Participatory History 29

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Every month a new challenge was issued and the previous challenges’ results were displayed within the museum. Unlike many museums that just ask for comments or set a fun little “activity corner,” the DCM gave over complete control and that’s part of the reason it worked. Projects design participatory museum guestpost usercontent.

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Denver Museum Community Participatory 29

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. The further I go on my own personal design process, the less I care about this issue. I'm enjoying designing a place that I think is going to be successful and a hell of a lot of fun.

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Action Ideas St. Louis Museum 31

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

When I talk about the hierarchy, I use the theoretical construct of an issue-based museum exhibit. At level one, the museum preaches to visitors about the issue. with the issue. At level three, the visitor is polled about the issue and sees her result compared to the cumulative aggregate. The setup is always the same.

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Poll Interaction Museum Social 22

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 7, 2007

I got my copy of the fall issue of Museums and Social Issues this week. But now, many bars are also offering participatory experiences around content. The bar is a relaxed place, a place to have fun and chat and argue. Tags: programs inclusion. Yes, bars have always featured live music, comedy, and spoken word.

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Museum Lecture Denver San Francisco 22

Museum 2.0

MARCH 17, 2010

This is the second in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. Several hundred people contributed their opinions, stories, suggestions, and edits to The Participatory Museum as it was written. Several said things like, "I was curious to see how this kind of participatory, collaborative approach would work in practice."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

So, now is the fun part. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Explore popular blog, searches and tags. It's messy. Step 1: Find People. This can inform.

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