Engagement and Access : Innovative Approaches for Museums.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (121 pages)
- Innovative Approaches for Museums Series .
- Innovative Approaches for Museums Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Ch01. Listening to Our Audiences -- Ch02. Museum Access for All -- Ch03. STAMP -- Ch04. #CulturalHeritage -- Ch05. How the Boca Raton Museum of Art Captures Attention and Shifts Perspectives -- Ch06. Expanding Family Access and Engagement in an Historic House Museum -- Ch07. A Natural Solution to Increasing Engagement with Our Local Environmentand Museum Collections -- Ch08. Closing the Fossil Hall and Opening Fotorama! -- Ch09. The BioLounge at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History -- Ch10. Art and Beer: The Drunken Cobbler -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This bookaddresses how museums forge two-way communication and engaged participation through the use of community curation, social media, collaboration, and inquiry-based learning. Such approaches demonstrate how museums serve as thriving, central gathering places in communities and offer meaningful, creative educational experiences.
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Museum techniques. Museums -- Educational aspects. Museums -- Technological innovations. Museums and community.