The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon

The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon

Visitor participation is a hot topic in the contemporary world of museums, art galleries, science centers, libraries and cultural organizations. How can your institution do it and do it well? The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places. Museum consultant and exhibit designer Nina Simon weaves together innovative design techniques and case studies to make a powerful case for participatory practice. Nina Simon's new book is essential for museum directors interested in experimenting with audience participation on the one hand and cautious about upending the tradition museum model on the other. In concentrating on the practical, this book makes implementation possible in most museums. More importantly, in describing the philosophy and rationale behind participatory activity, it makes clear that action does not always require new technology or machinery. Museums need to change, are changing, and will change further in the future. This book is a helpful and thoughtful road map for speeding such transformation. -Elaine Heumann Gurian, international museum consultant and author of Civilizing the Museum This book is an extraordinary resource. Nina has assembled the collective wisdom of the field, and has given it her own brilliant spin. She shows us all how to walk the talk. Her book will make you want to go right out and start experimenting with participatory projects. -Kathleen McLean, participatory museum designer and author of Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions I predict that in the future this book will be a classic work of museology. --Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums

Nina Simon is a self-employed experience designer who specializes in participatory design, gaming, and social media. She is the founder of Museum 2.0, a design firm that collaborates with museums, libraries, and cultural institutions all over the world to produce interactive, audience-driven exhibits and educational programs. Nina teaches and conducts workshops on visitor participation in addition to her design work. She teaches social technology as an adjunct professor in the University of Washington's Museology program. Nina is the creator of the Museum 2.0 blog, as well as a column in Museum magazine.

She is also a member of the National Association of Museum Exhibitions' board of directors. Nina formerly worked as a Curator at San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation and as an Experience Development Specialist at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. Nina resides in the city of Santa Cruz, California. She enjoys rock climbing and making tree houses in her spare time.

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ISBN 13	9780615346502
ISBN 10	0615346502
Title	The Participatory Museum
Author	Nina Simon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Museum 2.0
Year published	2010-03-02
Number of pages	388
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