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4 Ways Museums Can Engage Millennials

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What do Millennials want from a museum experience? Museum development officers and marketing professionals are all wondering if members of the Millennial generation (born after 1979) will support museums like our parents did. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) seems to think we won’t. The New York Times.

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Supporting Museum Tribes & Fans through Shared Ritual

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Many people ( Paul Orselli , Linda Norris , Pete Newcurator ) in the museum field have written about the question of museum "tribes"--based partly on Seth Godin's book , partly on the longstanding fan culture that pervades our lives through sport , celebrity, and shared experience of mass events. There are staff in plush costumes.

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A Tribute To Simone Joyaux

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Those of you who have watched Simone mesmerize a large audience should see her work with a small crowd of energetic and knowledge seeking children. As our trip wound up we decided that the first week of August would be our annual Extended Family Reunion for all of us at our home in Indianapolis. She soon adored them and vice versa.

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Upcoming Webinar: Creating a Culture of Storytelling

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Image: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Our guests will speak to the importance of creating a culture. of storytelling at your nonprofit, library, charity, or social benefit. organization.

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Challenges, Rules, and Epic Wins: Using Game Design to Build Visitor Loyalty

Museum 2.0

Last week, as part of my museum's year-long Loyalty Lab project , we hosted a workshop for Bay Area museum professionals with special guests Ian Kizu-Blair and Sam Lavigne of the game design firm Situate. Our goal was to help people see the museum as a Friday night habit. When you mastered arcane rules to achieve your goal.

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Does Your Museum Need its Own Social Network? Case Study and Discussion

Museum 2.0

The presumed answer is "yes" your museum needs a blog, a pony, or a set of comfy couches. Does your museum need a custom online social network? Many museums have been experimenting in these spaces by creating institutional profiles, museum affinity groups, and connecting with visitors and other museum professionals individually.

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Mixing Digital and Physical: The Holocaust Museum's Handwritten Pledge Wall

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On a recent trip to DC, an old friend showed me around a new exhibit at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), From Memory to Action: Meeting the Challenge of Genocide. The paper is perforated with one section for the promise, which visitors keep, and another section for a signature, which visitors leave at the museum.

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