Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Our archeology did not aim to uncover the hidden voice of my grandmother, but instead to begin an ongoing practice of recreation. Whenever we show and tell, we pass things between us, and in this model of sharing values we may begin to understand how museums are trusted with public commons as much as they are with public meaning.

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Collaboration North Carolina Museum Artist 36

Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2009

Two weeks ago, I conducted a participatory exhibit design workshop with staff at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Every program, old and new, should be evaluated against the mission (and the business model) for soundness. While most of the voices represented are positive about a "Smithsonian 2.0"

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 15, 2010

It's not the extent to which they are participatory. Funders and potential donors tend to look for particular benchmarks of professionalism (appropriately), and few are comfortable funding the most risky or content-specific institutions. Tags: children's museums design business models. To some extent, it's externally-driven.

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Support Museum St. Louis NSF 41

Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2008

to be a more participatory site with comment streams rampantly debating each post topic, but the reality is that my voice dominates the site. If I told you I'd created a participatory website in which 0.3% of visitors add their own content, you'd probably send me to a dictionary to look up "participatory."

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Twitter Participatory Broadcast Museum 24

Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

While most non-profits are not known for technology, some are, and they are defying the traditional business models that drive technology.” We'll also talk about how you can get sizeable online grants and free/discounted help from key professionals.” What is influence and how is it measured? Data will be shared!

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Conference Government Social Media Influence 38

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I also learned that the best money in museums for someone who's starting out is in art modeling. I survived the first half of 2003 financially on art modeling and poetry gigs. My goal was to find an incredible professional to work for in an institution that was small enough that I could actually make a contribution.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2009

To me, an open photo policy is a cornerstone of any institution that sees itself as a visitor-centered platform for participatory engagement. and yet many museum professionals look benevolently upon that activity as a positive meaning-making visitor experience. And I think the fourth and fifth are bizarre and ungenerous to visitors.

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Museum Photo Policy Open 54

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Yes, community involvement is at the heart of our shifted, successful business model. But that business model requires experienced staff who know how to empower people, facilitate meaningful participation, respond to community issues and interests, and ignite learning. What is the metaphor for participatory arts? It''s not easy.

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Journal Participatory Museum Community 54

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

People who work with non-professionals on participatory projects often talk about finding "neutral" sites for meetings or meeting on their (the non-professionals') territory. Some museum professionals asked me, "couldn't the participants have just described their exhibit in text?"

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Virtual Tech Lesson Second Life 21

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They also started small and low-cost with the automated phone call system: instead of taking the time and money to build out interactive voice response technology, a Fasal team member recorded the “automated” voice behind the phone by reading call scripts. Susmita De, Nonprofit-Share (Chief Operating Officer).

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Impact Method San Francisco Social 125

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

One of the primary fears museum professionals (and all professionals) have about entering new relationships with audiences is the fear of losing control. In these conversations, people often say, "don't expert voices matter?" It lets you be the only expert with a voice. Me: "Sort of." and my emphatic response is YES.

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Authoring Platform Museum YouTube 42

Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. A few things I learned from the presentations and discussion: Dan shared a useful 4-step mental model for the progression of how institutions move towards participatory engagement.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 7, 2009

But they are more importantly the face and voice of the institution to everyone online, a floor staff army of one. The more voices there are in the mix, the more the community management team can effectively welcome community members of all kinds. Projects participatory museum professional development inclusion.

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Community Management Museum Aggregator 40

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. In fact, I find that participatory products are often more likely to reflect a formal sensibility than their traditional counterparts.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2019

I wanted to build a bigger professional network, and this felt like a safe (and nerdy) way to start. I spent 2007-2011 traveling the world, doing participatory projects and consulting gigs, and writing my first book. You gave me support as I struggled to lead a museum through a participatory rebirth. When I think of Museum 2.0,

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Museum Reflection Participatory Attitude 27

Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

This week, I've had multiple conversations with colleagues in the arts, symphonies, and urban planning about the fear professionals have about "losing control" when opening up new opportunities for people to participate. While I originally wrote this post to advocate for more participatory practice (i.e. Me: "Sort of."

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Authoring Share Museum YouTube 44

Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2010

In it, Louise argues that museum professionals need to focus more on pursuing audience participation not to promote audience development or provide educational opportunities, but to create superlative visitor experiences. When an institution becomes wholly participatory, those distinctions often erode. was the most overwhelming answer.

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