Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County. How do we get the history of the poor?

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History Museum Minnesota Participatory 51

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the spirit of a popular post written earlier this year , I want to share the behind the scenes on our current almost-museumwide exhibition at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz Collects. This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. We had some money.

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Participatory Museum History International 44

Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

About fifty people participated in the booth out of a crowd of 320--a pretty good sample size. They came to the booth when they wanted to share, and everyone felt good about the sharing experience. We got more feedback. Our typical onsite and post-event survey would attract about 20 people to opt in. We got intriguing feedback.

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Activities Active Activism Participatory 50

Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

In reflecting on the sample, I’ve made some broad reflections on museum workers and visitors. Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. The American Museum of Natural History had two wonderful moments happening this summer. We have people’s good wish and natural interests.

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Museum Participatory Interaction Classroom 35

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

We have witnessed and experienced incredible moments of transformation: homeless people and history buffs working together on historic restoration, graffiti artists and knitters collaborating on new artistic projects, visitors from different backgrounds making collages, or sculptures, or dance performances together.

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Measure Arts People Museum 47

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. Here's a sample collaborator survey from our recent Poetry and Book Arts event. Can't wait to hear what you think. Each month we work with 50-100 individuals to co-produce our community programs.

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Collaboration Community Tools Museum 55

sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

These dashboards can tell you at a glance your funding history by program area and the number of applications you’ve received in a given period. You can attach documentation for easy reference, such as reporting your grantees submitted or sample Board packets they provided during the application process.

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Grant Software Management Application 73