Category Archives: Spotlight on Practice
Design Thinking in Museums: Stepping into the “Continuum of Innovation”
The museum profession seems to be embracing new ways of problem-solving, collaborating, and innovating over the past couple of years. And perhaps that is why the concept of “design thinking” struck such a strong chord at this year’s Museums and the Web conference. Design thinking is mindset and a methodology for fostering creativity and solving complex problems with innovative solutions. It can transform the way a museum or cultural institution develops digital or analog offerings, visitor experiences, or visitor services by giving staff the analytical, creative, and intuitive techniques and tools to solve multifaceted problems.
Design Thinking in Museums: Stepping into the “Continuum of Innovation”
The museum profession seems to be embracing new ways of problem-solving, collaborating, and innovating over the past couple of years. And perhaps that is why the concept of “design thinking” struck such a strong chord at this year’s Museums and the Web conference. Design thinking is mindset and a methodology for fostering creativity and solving complex problems with innovative solutions. It can transform the way a museum or cultural institution develops digital or analog offerings, visitor experiences, or visitor services by giving staff the analytical, creative, and intuitive techniques and tools to solve multifaceted problems.
Teaching for Independence: Empowering Learning in the Art Museum
Prefatory Note: Before ArtMuseumTeaching.com went public, there were several months when it was simply my own personal (private) online space to reflect on my practice as well as larger issues around teaching and learning in museums. It was (and is)
Teaching for Independence: Empowering Learning in the Art Museum
Prefatory Note: Before ArtMuseumTeaching.com went public, there were several months when it was simply my own personal (private) online space to reflect on my practice as well as larger issues around teaching and learning in museums. It was (and is)
Why Museums Can Excel in Online Learning
“The recent development of MOOCs (massive open online courses) can provide museums with valuable possibilities for education, community outreach and multi-disciplinary collaboration.” The quote above by David Greenfield, a doctoral candidate in Learning Technologies at Pepperdine University, was part of
Why Museums Can Excel in Online Learning
“The recent development of MOOCs (massive open online courses) can provide museums with valuable possibilities for education, community outreach and multi-disciplinary collaboration.” The quote above by David Greenfield, a doctoral candidate in Learning Technologies at Pepperdine University, was part of
Google Hangouts: Live Video Chatting between Museums & Online Communities
By Brinker Ferguson, Digital Media Fellow, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco In the past several months, many museums have begun using live video chat as a way to enhance and foster new online discussions and interactions between museum educators
Google Hangouts: Live Video Chatting between Museums & Online Communities
By Brinker Ferguson, Digital Media Fellow, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco In the past several months, many museums have begun using live video chat as a way to enhance and foster new online discussions and interactions between museum educators
Blending Art, Technology, & Interpretation: Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gallery One & ArtLens
By Caroline Goeser I am part of the team that has led the development of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gallery One and ArtLens iPad app. These new initiatives – blending art, technology, and interpretation – are garnering interest in
Blending Art, Technology, & Interpretation: Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gallery One & ArtLens
By Caroline Goeser I am part of the team that has led the development of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gallery One and ArtLens iPad app. These new initiatives – blending art, technology, and interpretation – are garnering interest in
Toward an Even More Participatory Culture in Art Museums
“The value of museums begins and ends with the relationship with our visitors. It’s a contract that is renewed each and every time they engage with us, and if we don’t live up to it, we will be usurped.” —
Toward an Even More Participatory Culture in Art Museums
“The value of museums begins and ends with the relationship with our visitors. It’s a contract that is renewed each and every time they engage with us, and if we don’t live up to it, we will be usurped.” —
Gravity and Grace: Cross-Departmental Collaboration at the Brooklyn Museum
If I were stitching a sampler about some of my recent museum education work, it might start like this: A is for Anatsui. B is for Brooklyn. C is for collaboration. Where the rest of the alphabet would go, I’m
Gravity and Grace: Cross-Departmental Collaboration at the Brooklyn Museum
If I were stitching a sampler about some of my recent museum education work, it might start like this: A is for Anatsui. B is for Brooklyn. C is for collaboration. Where the rest of the alphabet would go, I’m
Reimagining Peer Networks in a Digital Age
By Mike Murawski, Portland Art Museum; Dana Carlisle Kletchka, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, National Writing Project, University of California Berkeley “People’s relationships remain strong—but they are networked. Neighbors, and neighborhoods still exist, to be sure,
Reimagining Peer Networks in a Digital Age
By Mike Murawski, Portland Art Museum; Dana Carlisle Kletchka, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, National Writing Project, University of California Berkeley “People’s relationships remain strong—but they are networked. Neighbors, and neighborhoods still exist, to be sure,
Sweet Spots for Engaging Parents in Family Spaces
Museum Educators know that providing experiences for family audiences are a valuable way to advance the museum’s mission, expand its audience, and strengthen its place within the community. A relatively new way many museums are providing for families is with
Sweet Spots for Engaging Parents in Family Spaces
Museum Educators know that providing experiences for family audiences are a valuable way to advance the museum’s mission, expand its audience, and strengthen its place within the community. A relatively new way many museums are providing for families is with
What Do You Customize? OMCA’s we/customize project
The we/customize project at Oakland Museum of California explores the Bay Area perspective on the popular cultural activities of hacking, remixing, tailoring, modding, mash-ups, kit bashing, and customizing. The connecting spark in each of these spheres of activity is the
What Do You Customize? OMCA’s we/customize project
The we/customize project at Oakland Museum of California explores the Bay Area perspective on the popular cultural activities of hacking, remixing, tailoring, modding, mash-ups, kit bashing, and customizing. The connecting spark in each of these spheres of activity is the
Drinking about Museums: Portlandia Edition … and MakerBots!
I’m not exactly sure when or where it started, but I give credit to Ed Rodley at the Museum of Science in Boston for introducing me to the concept of the “Drinking about Museums” professional meet-up. What could be better
Drinking about Museums: Portlandia Edition … and MakerBots!
I’m not exactly sure when or where it started, but I give credit to Ed Rodley at the Museum of Science in Boston for introducing me to the concept of the “Drinking about Museums” professional meet-up. What could be better
Object Stories: Rejecting the Single Story in Museums
“Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken
Object Stories: Rejecting the Single Story in Museums
“Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken
