Comments for The Participatory Museum http://www.participatorymuseum.org A book by Nina Simon Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:45:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Chapter 4: Social Objects by griff http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter4/comment-page-1/#comment-4661 griff Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:45:06 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=288#comment-4661 Broken link to the Open Museum PDF dumps one onto the Glasgow museums site which is well-intentioned chaos. I found another source at http://www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/research/Reports/catalyst.pdf Broken link to the Open Museum PDF dumps one onto the Glasgow museums site which is well-intentioned chaos.
I found another source at http://www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/research/Reports/catalyst.pdf

]]> Comment on Chapter 3: From Me to We by The Museum of the Future » Building our community of objects with visitors of the Uitmarkt http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter3/comment-page-1/#comment-4660 The Museum of the Future » Building our community of objects with visitors of the Uitmarkt Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:06:15 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=256#comment-4660 [...] chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test. Her case study about Structured Dialogue in the Signtific Game in chapter 3 describes a project where people engaged in conversation online about wild ideas. For me the beauty [...] [...] chance to put one of the ideas in Nina Simon’s book The Participatory Museum to the test. Her case study about Structured Dialogue in the Signtific Game in chapter 3 describes a project where people engaged in conversation online about wild ideas. For me the beauty [...]

]]> Comment on Reviews of The Participatory Museum by Salvatore Larosa http://www.participatorymuseum.org/reviews-of-the-participatory-museum/comment-page-1/#comment-4659 Salvatore Larosa Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:56:42 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=20#comment-4659 Hi Nina, Thank you for your hard work! I am a business and user experience consultant working in cultural and art related projects and I enjoyed your book. I wrote a review here in our collaborative blog related to 2.0 and participatory experiences in art and culture. It is in Italian, however here is the link: http://artparticipation.it/libri-the-participatory-museum Shortly, what I wrote about your bok is that business and strategy-minded consultants will appreciate it, because you give a lot of hints about the "behind-the-scenes" of the cases you present, and this helps me in building upon your (giant) shoulders and evaluating methodological, competence and process issues in museum organizations. And... I really enjoyed the "antiboredom team" idea. Hi Nina,

Thank you for your hard work! I am a business and user experience consultant working in cultural and art related projects and I enjoyed your book. I wrote a review here in our collaborative blog related to 2.0 and participatory experiences in art and culture. It is in Italian, however here is the link:
http://artparticipation.it/libri-the-participatory-museum
Shortly, what I wrote about your bok is that business and strategy-minded consultants will appreciate it, because you give a lot of hints about the “behind-the-scenes” of the cases you present, and this helps me in building upon your (giant) shoulders and evaluating methodological, competence and process issues in museum organizations. And… I really enjoyed the “antiboredom team” idea.

]]> Comment on Read Online by Carte noua despre muzee si publicul lor « Centrul Na?ional de Cercetare ?i Documentare în Domeniul Muzeologiei "Radu Florescu" http://www.participatorymuseum.org/read/comment-page-1/#comment-4654 Carte noua despre muzee si publicul lor « Centrul Na?ional de Cercetare ?i Documentare în Domeniul Muzeologiei "Radu Florescu" Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:26:52 +0000 http://participatorymuseum.org/?page_id=5#comment-4654 [...] August 9, 2010 by cercetator-mnir Despre muzeu si dinamica sa in relatia cu vizitatorii puteti consulta online  ’The Participatory Museum’ carte publicata in martie 2010. Pentru a citi cartea click aici [...] [...] August 9, 2010 by cercetator-mnir Despre muzeu si dinamica sa in relatia cu vizitatorii puteti consulta online  ’The Participatory Museum’ carte publicata in martie 2010. Pentru a citi cartea click aici [...]

]]> Comment on Chapter 10: Evaluating Participatory Projects by Slouching Toward the Curatorial : Incisive.nu http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter10/comment-page-1/#comment-4652 Slouching Toward the Curatorial : Incisive.nu Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:44:14 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=398#comment-4652 [...] Chapter 10: Evaluating Participatory Projects, from Nina Simon’s wonderful new book, The Participatory Museum, which is available online in its entirety. [...] [...] Chapter 10: Evaluating Participatory Projects, from Nina Simon’s wonderful new book, The Participatory Museum, which is available online in its entirety. [...]

]]> Comment on Chapter 2: Participation Begins with Me by Cathy Blackbourn http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter2/comment-page-1/#comment-4651 Cathy Blackbourn Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:31:38 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=87#comment-4651 Haven't even finished the chapter (hard copy) but I just had to post this: Hooray! You mentioned Vishnu Ramcharan at the Ontario Science Centre. We met him as our host on the first stop of the Ontario Museum Association's Study Tour "What can Community Museums & Historic Houses Learn from Children's Museums". He was fabulous with our group of adult museum geeks and we also observed how equally fabulous he was with children and their parents at the OSC "Kidspark". He is (aptly named) a god in my eyes as the best example of a museum interpreter I have ever encountered. Thank you for sharing this in your book! Haven’t even finished the chapter (hard copy) but I just had to post this: Hooray! You mentioned Vishnu Ramcharan at the Ontario Science Centre. We met him as our host on the first stop of the Ontario Museum Association’s Study Tour “What can Community Museums & Historic Houses Learn from Children’s Museums”. He was fabulous with our group of adult museum geeks and we also observed how equally fabulous he was with children and their parents at the OSC “Kidspark”. He is (aptly named) a god in my eyes as the best example of a museum interpreter I have ever encountered. Thank you for sharing this in your book!

]]> Comment on Chapter 4: Social Objects by Alice Parman http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter4/comment-page-1/#comment-4650 Alice Parman Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:39:55 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=288#comment-4650 LOST IN THE MUSEUM, by Nancy Morse, is a great read. Her experience as director of the Atwater Kent Museum enabled her to take behind the scenes tours of a number of museums and tell fascinating stories about objects that are hidden from the public. As an exhibit planner I've found that most museums hide away some of their most compelling objects. The reasons vary, but most commonly staff members are afraid to tell certain stories. What a missed opportunity! These are exactly the stories that visitors want to hear. And some objects are hidden away in the exhibits. For example, I recently visited the Oregon Historical Society's OREGON, MY OREGON exhibit. The display includes a big case full of objects that belonged to Captain Robert Gray, the first Euro-American to sail up the Columbia River in his ship, the Columbia Rediviva. This guy is a big deal in Oregon history. But I had to read the fine print to find out that a sea chest, china, and even a nameplate belonged to Gray himself. Perhaps we need to revive some of the spirit of P.T. Barnum and shamelessly promote these iconic objects, so people don't just walk right by them! LOST IN THE MUSEUM, by Nancy Morse, is a great read. Her experience as director of the Atwater Kent Museum enabled her to take behind the scenes tours of a number of museums and tell fascinating stories about objects that are hidden from the public. As an exhibit planner I’ve found that most museums hide away some of their most compelling objects. The reasons vary, but most commonly staff members are afraid to tell certain stories. What a missed opportunity! These are exactly the stories that visitors want to hear. And some objects are hidden away in the exhibits. For example, I recently visited the Oregon Historical Society’s OREGON, MY OREGON exhibit. The display includes a big case full of objects that belonged to Captain Robert Gray, the first Euro-American to sail up the Columbia River in his ship, the Columbia Rediviva. This guy is a big deal in Oregon history. But I had to read the fine print to find out that a sea chest, china, and even a nameplate belonged to Gray himself. Perhaps we need to revive some of the spirit of P.T. Barnum and shamelessly promote these iconic objects, so people don’t just walk right by them!

]]> Comment on Chapter 3: From Me to We by Alice Parman http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter3/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 Alice Parman Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:31:45 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=256#comment-4649 My favorite artist is Nicolas Poussin. For some reason I can spend an hour looking at any of his paintings. How I would love to proclaim my love of Poussin when I visit, e.g. the Wallace Collection in London, which has my very favorite painting, "A Dance to the Music of Time." It would be so amazing to share the experience of viewing an original Poussin painting with another Poussin aficionado. What if art museums invited visitors to fill in the blank of a nametag that says "President of the [fill in name of artist] fan club"? Or sold more permanent buttons of the work of different artists that would become a badge of one's love of that artist, to be worn on the museum visit in hopes of finding a kindred soul? My favorite artist is Nicolas Poussin. For some reason I can spend an hour looking at any of his paintings. How I would love to proclaim my love of Poussin when I visit, e.g. the Wallace Collection in London, which has my very favorite painting, “A Dance to the Music of Time.” It would be so amazing to share the experience of viewing an original Poussin painting with another Poussin aficionado. What if art museums invited visitors to fill in the blank of a nametag that says “President of the [fill in name of artist] fan club”? Or sold more permanent buttons of the work of different artists that would become a badge of one’s love of that artist, to be worn on the museum visit in hopes of finding a kindred soul?

]]> Comment on Chapter 2: Participation Begins with Me by Alice Parman http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter2/comment-page-1/#comment-4648 Alice Parman Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:27:02 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=87#comment-4648 Sometime in the 1990s I visited the Denver Art Museum and had this experience: In a small gallery where 10 or 12 paintings of women were displayed, a table and two chairs in the center of the gallery invited visitors to play a game. The instructions were first, to find someone to play with you; I asked another woman and she said yes. The paintings had been miniaturized to domino-size laminated cards. There were two identical sets, one for each of us. The next instruction was for each person to put the card in order of most realistic to least realistic images of women. Then to talk about it. Of course our orders were different, and we had a fascinating, cordial conversation about how we each came up with our own ranking. Sometime in the 1990s I visited the Denver Art Museum and had this experience: In a small gallery where 10 or 12 paintings of women were displayed, a table and two chairs in the center of the gallery invited visitors to play a game. The instructions were first, to find someone to play with you; I asked another woman and she said yes. The paintings had been miniaturized to domino-size laminated cards. There were two identical sets, one for each of us. The next instruction was for each person to put the card in order of most realistic to least realistic images of women. Then to talk about it. Of course our orders were different, and we had a fascinating, cordial conversation about how we each came up with our own ranking.

]]> Comment on Chapter 1: Principles of Participation by Avi Skolnick http://www.participatorymuseum.org/chapter1/comment-page-1/#comment-4647 Avi Skolnick Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:27:49 +0000 http://www.participatorymuseum.org/?p=65#comment-4647 Hey Nina. I have been reading your book in a bit of an odd manor, skipping around chapters. (Chapter four was my favorite.) I am a volunteer at EMP in the education department and I have gotten so many ideas from your book. I'm actually bringing my ideas to my boss and begging her to let me meet you one of the times you're in our office buildings. I would love your feedback. What you have done here is brilliant, and easy to understand. Often the guidelines I've been given are complicated for me because I am only a teenager. The examples and diagrams are useful to me because I feel that if I was just given one I may not fully get it. Well done! Hey Nina. I have been reading your book in a bit of an odd manor, skipping around chapters. (Chapter four was my favorite.) I am a volunteer at EMP in the education department and I have gotten so many ideas from your book. I’m actually bringing my ideas to my boss and begging her to let me meet you one of the times you’re in our office buildings. I would love your feedback. What you have done here is brilliant, and easy to understand. Often the guidelines I’ve been given are complicated for me because I am only a teenager. The examples and diagrams are useful to me because I feel that if I was just given one I may not fully get it.
Well done!

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