nina simon, museum 2.0nina@museumtwo.com@ninaksimon on twitter

slides at http://bit.ly/participatorymuse

where i live

what i dobalboa park online collaborativeboston children’s museum calgary science centerchabot space science centerchicago history museumdenver art museumexperience music projectgirls math and science partnershipinternational spy museummonterey bay aquariumoakland museumSFMOMA smithsonian museum of natural historystatens museum for kunsttech museum of innovation

why i’m here

the participatory institution is a place where visitors can create, share, and connect with each other around content.

what i advocate

in cultural institutions, that can mean...

upper: SFMOMAlower: Science Museum of Minnesota

Denver Community MuseumCantor Art Center

Authority is content provider

and it requires some changes

Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

and it requires some changes

why would you want to do this?

participation does five things best:

deliver personal relevance

celebrate and network diverse voices

deliver dynamic content

encourage interpersonal dialogue

support collaborative + creative practice

why would you want to do this?to deliver personal relevance

London Science Museum

why would you want to do this?to celebrate and network diverse visitors’ voices

Minnesota History Center

why would you want to do this?to deliver dynamic content and experiences

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

why would you want to do this?to deliver dynamic content and experiences

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

why would you want to do this?to deliver dynamic content and experiences

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

why would you want to do this?to encourage interpersonal dialogue

University of Washington

why would you want to do this?to support collaborative, creative practice

Victoria & Albert Museum

why would you want to do this?

participation does five things best:

deliver personal relevance

celebrate and network diverse voices

deliver dynamic content

encourage interpersonal dialogue

support collaborative + creative practice

what do they need?

how can you do it well?

what do they need?

how can you do it well?

what are you about?

what do they need?

how can you do it well?

what are you about?

what will these relationships look like?

five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

ilikemuseums.com

five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

Denver Art Museum90,000 visitors, 37,000 posters made

average time poster-making: 25 minutes

GoMA

social participation also requires scaffolding

GoMA

Find someone about your height to help you with this exhibit

social participation also requires scaffolding

GoMA

Find someone about your height to help you with this exhibit Ask a stranger of your gender to do this activity with you

social participation also requires scaffolding

five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

Lowell National Historical Park

five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

don’t focus solely on creators...

the vast majority of social media users are not creators

what makes YouTube different?

five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

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

participation can be for everyone

Minnesota History MuseumAuckland Museum

what’s your idea?

contact me anytimenina@museumtwo.com

http://www.museumtwo.com

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