Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

This week marks five years since the book The Participatory Museum was first released. I''ve given talks and workshops about it all over the world. I thought the pinnacle of participatory practice was an exhibit that could inspire collective visitor action without facilitation. Over 20,000 copies have been sold around the world.

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Participatory Museum Empowerment Facilitation 20

Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

In a Community Science Workshop. A couple months ago, I visited a Community Science Workshop for the first time in Watsonville, CA. The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. How are Workshop locations selected?

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Green Interview Share Community 20

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The article suggests that museums have previously served one community--"traditional" museum patrons who are white and elderly--and must now be relevant to several other communities that are diverse in cultural, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds. Tags: participatory museum inclusion comfort. It's a place you can use.

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Community Museum San Diego San Francisco 22

Museum 2.0

MAY 8, 2013

Family Art Workshops" suffer from anemic participation whereas multi-generational festivals are overrun with families. Single-speaker lectures languish while lightning talks featuring teen photographers, phD anthropologists, and professional dancers are packed.

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Museum Social Arts History 55

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. Machine Project has a curatorial framework--Mark and his team carefully craft its events, workshops, and exhibits.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2016

We invite diverse locals to share their creative and cultural talents with our greater community at the museum. Printmakers leading workshops. Teens advocating for all-gender bathrooms. Does community participation work for big cultural destinations too? The same is true for cultural participation.

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