Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. The Museum 2.0 In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." hour at the Museum. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 27, 2008

If your museum has many voices in the real world, you will most powerfully and honestly convey yourself virtually if you can reflect the diversity of your institution. Jeff said, “I don’t have a problem with this. Whenever visitors enjoy a program or exhibit at the museum, it’s clear to them where they are.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums (and libraries) are trusted sources of information. In February 2001, AAM commissioned a study about the trustworthiness of museums and found that "Almost 9 out of 10 Americans (87%) find museums to be one of the most trustworthy or a trustworthy source of information among a wide range of choices.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2008

But here's the problem: the vast majority of people who read your blog aren't reading it because they want or plan to comment on it. Museum 2.0's The top three most commented-on posts on this blog are: What I Learned on My Summer Vacation (or, I am an Elitist Jerk) Warning: Museum Graduate Programs Spawn Legions of Zombies!

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Plus, they know the challenges facing your community and can help you connect with others to solve problems and spread your mission in your local area. Host info sessions for potential volunteers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

Before speaking at a STAND rally at UCLA he reflects: It is a perfect--yet to me often strange--example of the power of "celebrity". When is the last time you read a book or a magazine article about a social/environmental/political issue that not only addressed the problems, but also solutions? has to say. So refreshing.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

--Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution. So many museum exhibitions relegate the participatory bits in at the end. The Love Lounge I LOVE.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. When I decided to write a book about visitor participation in cultural institutions, I knew I'd do it in a way that reflected the values behind the book itself--transparency, inclusion, and meaningful community participation. Check out the other parts here.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

We also like to believe she was one of the first proponents of the "shine theory" with her quote, " There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ". Anika Rahman is a Bangladeshi-American lawyer and prominent voice in the ecofeminism movement. Murasaki Shikibu. Shero Thought Leaders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

This post is a roundup of what I learned from the speakers at the conference and some reflections on the workshops. Having a voice empowers us to make a better world. She shared an example of how charity:water and museums have been using these for engagement of supporters for social good. Workshop/Training Reflections.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I have a lot of conversations with people that go like this: Other person: "So, you think that museums should let visitors control the museum experience?" Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? It lets you be the only expert with a voice.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 31, 2007

This is the penultimate installment of Museum 2.0's s book club on Elaine Gurian's collection of essays, Civilizing the Museum. As Elaine puts it in the essay, When I was last involved in such an endeavor, it was when the Boston Children's Museum was small, insignificant, and unselfconscious. have portrayed Indians inaccurately."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

Yet, the art world does not reflect that. As someone who's kind of an activist, an anti-war activist, I really had a problem with that. If you think of artists like Gaugin, or artists who paint naked indigenous women-- as women it's easier for us to get into a museum if we're naked in a painting. We really want you to come."

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

A museum can be friendly, or serious, or funny, while maintaining a traditional relationship with visitors as consumers of experiences. In fact, I find that participatory products are often more likely to reflect a formal sensibility than their traditional counterparts. But it's far more typical to focus on just one.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

letting museum visitors contribute and collaborate in museums), I now see this as a crucial issue also for more democratic and inclusive practice (i.e. Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? It lets you be the only expert with a voice.

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