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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

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Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? 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. BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

Have you seen attitudes in our field about visitor participation shifting over time? 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. BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1.

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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

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This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change. Libraries’ direct service programs, from voter registration to computer classes, are focused on supporting citizens’ needs broadly, whereas museums’ direct services (programs, outreach) are focused on spreading museum content.

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