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JANUARY 16, 2013

This past weekend, in conjunction with our exhibition about Ze Frank's current participatory project, A Show , we hosted " Ze Frank Weekend "--a quickie summer camp of workshops, activities, presentations, and lots of hugging. The sheet gave people a lightweight tool to use in social interaction, to trade and share stamps.

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Reflection Community Museum Participatory 43

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders. The advisors share their questions, vote on the ones that they think have the most power, and set the direction of Temple Contemporary. Empty pegboards.

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Process Share Philadelphia Arts 20

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JULY 31, 2013

You''re in for a treat, with upcoming posts on creativity, collections management, elitism, science play, permanent participatory galleries, partnering with underserved teens, magic vests, and more. Whether I had three readers or 3,000, I feel accountable to those folks to keep writing and sharing.

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Museum Participatory Reflection Conference 35

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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

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

First, you have to connect your idea to the institutional mission. I’ve written about this before, and it’s particularly relevant if your idea falls outside the traditional products or services of your organization. Second, you need to find the right tool to implement your idea. Ideas professional development.

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Project Museum Teen North Carolina 22

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JUNE 12, 2012

It is multi-disciplinary, incorporates diverse voices from our community, and provides interactive and participatory opportunities for visitor involvement. This post focuses on one aspect of the exhibition: its participatory and interactive elements. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end.

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Participatory Museum Blackboard Game 51

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. My story is more a case of "Getting Hired: It's What You Want, How Aggressive You Are, and What Ideas You Can Offer." At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

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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! In that case, my personal interaction with the users allowed me to honestly and openly share the changes that were affecting all of us.

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Slides Participatory Museum Children 20

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

Sure, it's social, but people stick to their own "pods"--families, teens, adults--and don't diverge or merge. But the best reason I can imagine has to do with barriers and shared experience. Ideas participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences visitors. Step 3: a successful "five" is given. Why does this happen?

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Museum Participatory Teen Game 20

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AUGUST 25, 2009

I encourage you to share your own rules and thoughts on this in the comments. If you are hoping for visitors to discuss their responses to questions with each other, or to share their answers with the institution, you can't end with the question; you need to provide several opportunities for questions and responses.

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Design Goal Difference Platform 31

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AUGUST 7, 2008

When I watch the videos teens created at the Exploratorium and post on YouTube, I see the aspects of the exhibits they thought were most important to share with their classmates. But if you express your sincere interest, I believe the ideas will come pouring in. Are they learning and sharing what you hoped?

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Museum Teen Second Life Discussion 20

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Museums and other venues are offering special programs for teens, for hipsters, for people who want a more active or spiritual or participatory experience. I ask these questions because I think there's a pretty big gulf between the one-time or occasional arts experience and the idea of art and institutions as part of your life.

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Arts Museum Music Calendar 50

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

In many museums, comment cards are currently the most "participatory" part of the visitor experience. complaints about the third floor bathroom), not ideas or opportunities. Ideascale is the most basic of these three tools, offering three actions a user can take: suggest an idea, vote for or against an idea, and comment on an idea.

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Comment Tools Museum Conversation 20

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MARCH 30, 2016

We invite diverse locals to share their creative and cultural talents with our greater community at the museum. Teens advocating for all-gender bathrooms. You get the idea. When I share these stories at conferences, someone always asks: what about institutions that serve millions of visitors each year? Attend a rally.

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