The Participatory Art Museum

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the participatory museum nina simon, museum 2.0 [email protected] @ninaksimon on twitter

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A presentation on social participation in art museums, first presented on 25 January 2010 at the Art Gallery of Ontario. By Nina Simon, Museum 2.0.

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the participatory museum

nina simon, museum [email protected]@ninaksimon on twitter

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where i live

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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 museum of californiaontario science centreSFMOMA smithsonian museum of natural historystatens museum for kunsttech museum of innovation

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why i’m here

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

what i advocate

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in cultural institutions, that can mean...

upper: SFMOMAlower: Science Museum of Minnesota

Denver Community MuseumCantor Art Center

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and it requires some changes

traditional institution participatory institution

Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

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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

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

London Science Museum

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

Minnesota History Center

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

Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum

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

University of Washington

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

Victoria and Albert Museum

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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

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visitorswhat do they need?

what will these relationships look like?

MUSEUM

how can you do it well?

what are you about?

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five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip + art of participation

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

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five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip + art of participation

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

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ilikemuseums.com

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five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip + art of participation

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

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

average time poster-making: 25 minutes

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this is not enough to promote social engagement

GoMA

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giving good instructions

SFMOMA

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five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip + art of participation

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

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Lowell National Historical Park

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five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip + art of participation

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

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don’t focus solely on creators...

the vast majority of social media users are not creators

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what makes YouTube different?

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participation can be for everyone

Minnesota History MuseumAuckland Museum

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five techniques for participatory engagement

1. be personal / i like museums + heroes

2. scaffold the experience / side trip + art of participation

3. design for thoughtful response / on the road

4. offer multiple engagement points / youtube

5. connect to known frameworks / human library

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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

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what’s your idea?