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Is it OK to Smash That? The Complications of Living Art Museums

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Art museums have often been criticized by some for being mausoleums for art, with conservators serving as unctuous morticians. I''ve seen participatory artworks that lay untouched by visitors because the invitation to participate is not explicit enough. institutional change Museum of Art and History risk'

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

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While the majority of experience-based museums like children's and science museums have unrestricted noncommercial photography policies, many collections-based art and history museums continue to maintain highly restrictive photo policies. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. so that it might be revised.

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AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

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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! So far, most participatory museum design projects are heavily guided by the institution. MN150 will have formal summative evaulation, which is wonderful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'll be using a new online learning platform that I haven't used before and the participants are a slightly different audience than nonprofit staff or at least I think. Nature Conservancy. Invite your audience to share what they already know as the Voter's s project did. I'm nervous. Can you find more? Recipe Swamp Group.

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State Fairs and Visitor Co-Creation: An Interview about MN150

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MN150 is a newish permanent exhibition (opened in Oct 2007) at the Minnesota History Center that marks the sesquicentennial of Minnesota with 150 of “the most influential forces in the state’s history.” I was really surprised by the range and just how much people know about history. None of that made sense.