building relationships with museums

nina@museumtwo.com slides at http://wildcenter.pbworks.com

building relationships

with museums

where i live

what i do

balboa park online collaborativeboston children’s museum chabot space science centerchicago history museumdenver art museumexperience music projectgirls math and science partnershipinternational spy museumminneapolis institute of artminnesota history centermonterey bay aquariumoakland museum of californiaSFMOMA smithsonian museum of natural historystatens museum for kunsttech museum of innovation

places for

relationships are...

less like this more like this

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Authority is content provider

Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

places for

relationships are

personal

Photo by Jessie Cutts on Flickr

Oakland Museum of California

places for

relationships are

social

Science Museum of MinnesotaPhoto by Terry Gydesen

I’ve never had a gay friend. It was unbelievably exciting to find myself facing him with his body, opinions and identity. It seems he was not very different from me and especially he was not an alien. From now on, I will not disrupt my communication with the gays, I will enhance it.

- Reader in Istanbul, 2007

places for

relationships are

multi-platform

pearls on a string

website

educational program

text message

museum visit

social network

local event

Green materials (ceramic, found objects, recycled materials, etc.) + Geocaching (GPS-based game) = Traveling sculptures

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/lawty/world_beach/

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/lawty/world_beach/

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/lawty/world_beach/

places for

relationships are

mission-driven

there are many ways to support relationships

Stanford Art Center upper: chicago children’s museumlower: Science Museum of Minnesota

Minnesota History Museum

which techniques fit your mission?

Stanford Art Center upper: chicago children’s museumlower: Science Museum of Minnesota

Minnesota History Museum

The mission of The New York Public Library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.

Jessica PigzaRare book librarian

Jessica PigzaRare book librarian

Josh GreenbergDirector of Digital Strategy

& Scholarship

blog

http://www.nypl.org/blog_series/hand-made

blog

blog

video

http://www.nypl.org/av_display/series/47883

video

http://www.nypl.org/av_display/series/47883

video

Photos by Shira Kronzon on Flickr

Photo by Shira Kronzon on Flickr

“My boss knows that I find this to be very satisfying, but he also recognizes that it’s a good thing for the institution in general. He is one of the people who recognizes the connection between handicraft and history and rare books.”

“My boss knows that I find this to be very satisfying, but he also recognizes that it’s a good thing for the institution in general. He is one of the people who recognizes the connection between handicraft and history and rare books.”

inspire lifelong learning

advance knowledge

strengthen our communities

nina@museumtwo.com slides at http://wildcenter.pbworks.com

Building relationships

with visitors