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Balancing Engagement: Adventures in Participatory Exhibit Labels

Museum 2.0

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum recently loaned us some fabulous surfboards that tell the co-mingled history of surfing and redwood trees in Santa Cruz. They’re no longer “an exhibit” per se—more of an evocative design element that hints at an important story told elsewhere in the museum.

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Blueprint Book Club Part 1: How Do You Create a Future-Thinking History Museum?

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Imagine you've just been tasked with developing an innovative, future-thinking national museum for your country's history. Blueprint is the story of a group of people who tried to create a Dutch Museum of National History (INNL). The early participatory projects are terrific. Limited interactivity. Where would you start?

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