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How I Got Here

Museum 2.0

Last week marked four years for the Museum 2.0 People--especially young folks looking to break into the museum business--often ask me how I got here. Ed Rodley recently wrote a blog post about museum jobs entitled "Getting Hired: It's Who You Know and Who Knows You." hour at the Museum. I made $26/hour at NASA and $7.25/hour

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: The Magic Vest Phenomenon and Other Tools for Talking to Strangers

Museum 2.0

This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 I''ve been thinking recently about how I originally got interested in talking to strangers in museums. Working in museums as floor staff cracked open the social stranger door for me. blog posts from the past. This post was requested by a long-time reader. It was blue.

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The Magic Vest Phenomenon and Other Wearable Tools for Talking to Strangers

Museum 2.0

I've been thinking recently about how I originally got interested in talking to strangers in museums. Working in museums as floor staff cracked open the social stranger door for me. My first museum job was working on the floor at the Acton Science Discovery Museum in Massachusetts. It was blue. It was polyester.

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Taking Local Currency Digital: A New Experiment Emerges

Non Profit Quarterly

But if the digital platform works, it could generate interest far beyond western Massachusetts. As a platform for such local activity, more participatory forms of engagement are already envisaged—an area “culture pass” for museums and arts institutions is one exciting example—to further stimulate local activity.

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