Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

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 Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It was even more useful to learn how participatory writing visions can be. You'll warm up your hand and get yourself in a positive frame of mind. A SIMPLE WAY TO TRY IT This week, we experimented with visioning at my museum in an all-staff meeting. For me, writing a vision was empowering, exciting, and useful.

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Pennsylvania History Michigan Indiana 26

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

This month we’ve been thinking about “What is a museum?” (I'm I’ve been visiting museums my whole life. Does that make me the best judge of museums? People are the defining characteristics of museums. I’ve worked with and at plenty of museums that can sometimes feel empty. I'm not alone there.

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Museum Place Ohio Life 36

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What happens when a formal art museum invites a group of collaborative, participatory artists to be in residence for a year? Will the artists ruin the museum with their plant vacations and coatroom concerts? But for museum and art wonks, it could be. Will the bureaucracy of the institution drown the artists in red tape?

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Artist Museum Project Public 39

Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2010

This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Participatory Museum Process Experiment 33

Museum 2.0

MAY 16, 2007

When you think of MySpace, what is the first thing that comes to mind? into the museum is the potential to encourage more positive in-museum interactions among strangers. I want in-person museum experiences to be more like experiences on social sites like Flickr, where strangers connect and form relationships around content.

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Museum Myspace Facilitation Social Network 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

ve ever read a post, blog entry or article in a major publication that suggested we were pushing towards divorcing ourselves from reality and physicality, and moving entirely into these immersive virtual spaces. principles that has turned the web from pushed to participatory. t think I???ve Come on, get real already. way to the future?

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Environment Teach Second Life Learning 50

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Welcome to the second in the four-part series on comfort (and its boundaries) in museums, a day late but just as tasty. This fall, I went with friends to see the new Mind exhibition at the Exploratorium. How can educational programs at museums push the boundaries of comfort to support these special experiences?

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Program People Museum Lecture 20

Museum 2.0

MAY 28, 2014

It’s about thinking about science centers and the public understanding of science as a human problem. We tried to find ways to make nano science interesting to the public, but it was mostly shiny futuristic potential that seemed to leave people cold. This interview is not really about an ebook. How did this project come about?

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Help Museum eBook Project 45

Museum 2.0

MARCH 30, 2016

Our entire strategy at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is rooted in community participation. We invite diverse locals to share their creative and cultural talents with our greater community at the museum. My museum can pursue radical collaboration because of our small size and local focus. You can meet a candidate.

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Community Museum Local Participatory 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2010

We share an abiding interest in exploring the community-enhancing roles of libraries, archives, and museums (LAMs), especially in terms of the practice of hospitality and service within the institution. It is crucial that LAMs be considered public civic spaces, but Oldenburg's model leaves a lot to be desired. Alternatives?

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Place Discussion Library Museum 30