Instructional Participatory Teen 
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 15, 2009
Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects?
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JULY 1, 2009
When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. This is a problem for two reasons.
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Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
This exhibition represents a few big shifts for us: We used a more participatory design process. Our previous big exhibition, All You Need is Love, was highly participatory for visitors but minimally participatory in the development process. Without further ado, here's what we did to make the exhibition participatory.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 16, 2009
When I talk about designing participatory experiences, I often show the above graphic from Forrester Research. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. This is a problem for two reasons.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 18, 2015
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. And then the fee for service is mostly school districts that contract with the Workshop for science enrichment/science instruction. Geography is key.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 27, 2009
All of the instructions are handwritten on paper or cardboard. I saw teens and adults who sat and did this activity for 45 minutes and wasn’t surprised to hear that some people spend over an hour on it. In the more formal poster gallery, I saw many pierced teens listening unironically as their parents enthused about Jefferson Airplane.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 7, 2008
When I watch the videos teens created at the Exploratorium and post on YouTube, I see the aspects of the exhibits they thought were most important to share with their classmates. Tags: Book Discussion: Groundswell marketing participatory museum. active owner base that was not being sufficiently engaged in their marketing campaigns.
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