Engagement

Bringing culture to the community is at the heart of Fun Palaces The word “engagement” sometimes feels like it has been hijacked by digital marketers....

They say an image can convey a thousand words. But what about the context behind that image? Here’s how audio accompaniment is helping to deepen...

Under the hashtag #ColorOurCollections, a growing number of institutions around the world have been encouraging people to colour in their black and white exhibits to...

Hamilton, Evita, Inherit the Wind, and The Laramie Project, these are just a few examples of award-winning plays based on real people and events in...

There was a time when the mention of a museum tour evoked images of branded blazers, heavily scripted journeys around a single collection and a...

Empathy, or the human ability to understand what somebody else is feeling, may not immediately sound like it is the sort of thing that could...

Located in downtown Atlanta, the High Museum of Art is home to a varied collection of artworks including pieces by Claude Monet, Dorothea Lange and...

Escape rooms have been a popular trend in recent years. One museum in Italy has taken advantage of this by providing a unique escape room...

Over the past decade museums have increasingly looked to diversify both their collections and the stories that they tell to become more representative of their...

Myseum is a museum without walls in Toronto. They partners with diverse cultural organisations who own the collections for their communities, and collaborates with artists...

Nina Simon, Executive Director of Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History shares her vision for building community organizations OF, BY & FOR ALL. This...

Laura Hubber from J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles shares how they created a unique museum audio guide with an experience based on the Percy Jackson...

Citizen driven research is a social movement in which citizens practice Do-It-Yourself Biology (DIY’Bio) using the same methods as professional research institutions. This is empowering...

With the innovative project ‘1001 Heimat’, the Stapferhaus Lenzburg went on a journey of discovery through Switzerland at 12 different fairs, from July to December...

CAMILLE GAJEWSKI Digital Producer, Tate Exchange at Tate Tate Modern is one of the world’s most successful museums, but in 2016 they challenged themselves to...

Jon Moscone, Chief of Civic Engagement,  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) believes that arts institutions must fundamentally...

Rachel Ann Dennis Creative Engagement Lead, Philbrook Museum of Art So the museum I work at is incredibly beautiful, and historically for many people before...

Amy Schaffman Education Manager Augusta Museum of History Museums of various disciplines often struggle to attract millennials (18-30 year olds). The Augusta Museum of History...

This presentation was made by Kalewa Correa, Curator of Hawaiai & Pacific, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Adriel Luis, Curator of Digital & Emerging...

Dina Jezdic, Adult and Tertiary Programmer, Auckland War Memorial Museum gave this presentation at MuseumNext Melbourne in February 2017. In it she asks how can...

Fionn Kidney, Global Engagement Manager with Science Gallery International spoke at MuseumNext Indianapolis in September 2015 about how cultural organizations can meaningfully engage their communities...

This presentation on The Challenge of Engaging Millennials in Art Museums was presented at MuseumNext Indianapolis by Silvia Filippini-Fantoni and Scott Stulen from Indianapolis Museum of...

Martha Hill, Vice President for Public Programs & Visitor Experience and Johanna M Blume, Assistant Curator of Western Art, History, and Culture from the Eiteljorg Museum of American...

Geer Oskam is a project manager for Stichting Museumnacht Amsterdam (n8). Founded by the collective of the Amsterdam museums, n8 thinks about ways to engage...