The Participatory History Museum

the participatory museum nina simon, museum 2.0 nina@museumtwo.com @ninaksimon on twitter slides at http://bit.ly/participatoryhistory

where i live

what i do balboa park online collaborative boston children’s museum calgary science center chabot space science center chicago history museum denver art museum experience music project girls math and science partnership international spy museum monterey bay aquarium oakland museum SFMOMA smithsonian museum of natural history statens museum for kunst tech museum of innovation

why i’m here

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

in cultural institutions, that can mean... Cantor Art Center upper: SFMOMA Denver Community Museum lower: Science Museum of Minnesota

and it requires some changes Authority is content provider

and it requires some changes Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

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 encourage interpersonal dialogue University of Washington

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

Oakland Museum of CA: a case study

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? what do they need?

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

ilikemuseums.com

90,000 visitors, 37,000 posters made Denver Art Museum average time poster-making: 25 minutes

social participation also requires scaffolding GoMA

social participation also requires scaffolding Find someone about your height to help you with this exhibit GoMA

social participation also requires scaffolding Find someone aboutyour gender to help you with this exhibit Ask a stranger of your height do this activity with you GoMA

Lowell National Historical Park

don’t focus solely on creators... the vast majority of social media users are not creators

what makes YouTube different?

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 Auckland Museum Minnesota History Museum

what’s your idea?

contact me anytime nina@museumtwo.com http://www.museumtwo.com Download slides at http://bit.ly/participatoryhistory

The Participatory History Museum

by Nina Simon

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