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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

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Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. The purpose of my thesis was two-fold: To research and analyze community and civic engagement practices, methods, theories and examples in other museum programs. This can be accomplished through a variety of feedback methods conducted both inside and outside the museum.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

As we developed new 3rd Friday community festivals , we were careful to design them as intergenerational experiences. Clarity of goals, methods, and measures enables us to proudly and honestly pursue the work that we think is most important. When I first came to the museum, it was not perceived as a family-friendly place.

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