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"Wild" examples of participatory museum projects and related lessons, offered at MuseumNext in Newcastle on 23 Oct, 2009 by Nina Simon, Museum 2.0.TRANSCRIPT
some other wild ideasabout the participatory museum
nina simon, museum 2.0
the participatory museum is a place where visitors can create, share, and connect with each other around content.
that can mean...
Stanford Art Center upper: justletterslower: Science Museum of Minnesota
and it requires some changes
old relationship new relationships
Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider
why would you want to do this?
why would you want to do this?to validate and celebrate visitors’ meaning-making
Minnesota History Center
why would you want to do this?to make museum content more relevant
London Science Museum
why would you want to do this?to inspire creativity
Victoria and Albert Museum
why would you want to do this?to make the museum a center for dialogue
University of Washington
why would you want to do this?to make the museum a social space
Keramiekmuseum Princessehof
how do the best ones work?
visitors
what are you about?
what do they need?
what will these relationships look like?
MUSEUM
so how can you do it well?
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars + free2choose
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
ilikemuseums.com
who are you relative to the museum?
self-defined
“you are what you do”
play.signtific.org
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars + free2choose
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
Denver Art Museum
Lowell National Historical Park
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars + free2choose
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
don’t focus solely on creators...
the vast majority of social media users are not creators
what makes YouTube different?
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars + free2choose
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
Ontario Science Cenre
Free2Choose, Anne Frank House
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars + free2choose
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars + free2choose
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
seven wild ideas
1. be personal / i like museums + signtific
2. be creative / side trip + on the road
3. offer multiple engagement points / youtube
4. network the experience / facing mars + free2choose
5. give people real work / children of lodz ghetto
6. be honest / tech virtual
7. connect to known frameworks / living library
“Some of the most frequently asked questions were 'Do you have to be a bastard to get a job like yours?'”
what’s your idea?
Slides are available here:http://www.slideshare.net/ninaksimon
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