"Wild" examples of participatory museum projects and related lessons, offered at MuseumNext in Newcastle on 23 Oct, 2009 by Nina Simon, Museum 2.0.

1. some other wild ideas
about the participatory
museum
nina simon, museum 2.0

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

3. that can mean...
Stanford Art Center upper: justletters Facebook
lower: Science Museum of Minnesota

4. and it requires some changes
old relationship new relationships
Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

5. why would you want to do this?

6. why would you want to do this?
to validate and celebrate visitors’ meaning-making
Minnesota History Center

7. why would you want to do this?
to make museum content more relevant
London Science Museum

8. why would you want to do this?
to inspire creativity
Victoria and Albert Museum

9. why would you want to do this?
to make the museum a center for dialogue
University of Washington

10. why would you want to do this?
to make the museum a social space
Keramiekmuseum Princessehof

11. how do the best ones work?

12. so how can you do it well?
what are
MUSEUM you about?
what will these
relationships look
like?
what do they
need?
visitors

13. 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

14. 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

15. ilikemuseums.com

16. who are you relative to the museum?
self-defined
“you are
what you do”
play.signtific.org

17. 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

18. Denver Art Museum

19. Lowell National Historical Park

20. 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

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

22. what makes YouTube different?

23. 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

24. Ontario Science Cenre

25. Free2Choose, Anne Frank House

26. 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

28. 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

30. 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

31. “Some of the most frequently asked
questions were 'Do you have to be a
bastard to get a job like yours?'”

32. what’s your idea?

33. contact me anytime
nina@museumtwo.com
http://www.museumtwo.com
Slides are available here:
http://www.slideshare.net/ninaksimon