Once a museum person…

    …always a museum person. This will be a short post in the midst of holiday activities, but I was슠inspired to write after having lunch with a longtime museum friend and colleague, Caryl Marsh.슠 Caryls work has had a profound impact on contemporary museums.슠 Along with educator Judy White, Caryl was in the forefront…

Museum Educators Next, Part III: Incorporating Visitor Voices

In my first two posts regarding what’s next for museum educators (September 17슠and October 1) I promised to take a look at some of the skills educators should be cultivating슠so that they can슠contribute more effectively to the museum’s role as an슠informal space for learning and engagement.슠슠It happens that I’ve been talking with Allison Wickens,슠an energetic…

Increasing Museum Transparency through Social Media at the Levine Museum

  Recent posts on Museum Commons have addressed issues of museum empathy and슠 the use of social media to include the visitor voice.슠 In this connection the Education Department of the Levine Museum of the New South contacted me about a new summer program that is using social media to connect more closely with the…

Sharing Critical Authority in a User-Generated World

Im currently reading a terrific book, Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World, edited by Bill Adair, Benjamin Filene, and Laura Koloski.슠 Although this book is about history museums, a number of articles, especially ones by Nina Simon, Participatory Design and the Future of Museums, and Kathy McLean, Whose Questions, Whose Conversations? made…