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Category Archives: Museums
‘What would you make?’ – how can we help adults engage with exhibitions?
A good exhibition inspires a creative response. When adults take time to leave creative responses to an exhibit, that is worth celebrating. Here are two examples from The Lighthouse in Glasgow, Scotland and The National Craft Centre in Kilkenny, Ireland. … Continue reading
How can heritage attractions become ‘places where people talk …’ a CitizenM masterclass
If museums want to become social spaces, they need to look about them. Just now I am looking at the Citizen M hotel in Glasgow. It’s a master class in creating a vibrant, welcoming, stimulating, cosmopolitan social space. “Zoos are places … Continue reading
Posted in Good places to visit, Museums, Tourism, Visit experience, Writing
Tagged CitizenM, Experience Economy, Glasgow, hotel, humour, No Smoking, style, words on walls
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Making the most of a training opportunity; 5 more steps towards Santa Cruz
I am still thrilled about the prospect of the “You can’t do that in Museums” Camp in Santa Cruz (see here for the background). I think it is going to be amazing and great professional development. My experience as a … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural difference, Heritage attractions, Museums, Training, Visitors
Tagged Creeping Toad, focus in training, Gordon MacLellan, Heartfelt Associates, inspiring trainer, learning, Nina Simon, Participation, reflection, The Participatory Museum, Tim Merriman, transformation in training, You Can't do that in Museums Camp
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Beyond words: OUT OF THE MARVELLOUS exhibition, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny
Some of my very best moments are when the words stop. I am a word nerd. I sometimes feels my whole brain reverberates, resonates with the sound and feel of words. Spoken words, written words, read words, heard words. My … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Good places to visit, Ireland, Museums, Visit experience, Writing
Tagged Angela O'Kelly, Anne Michaels, art gallery, basket making, ceramics, crafts, curation, Frances Lambe, gallery, Gerard Smyth, Joe Hogan, Kilkenny, National Craft Gellery, OUT OF THE MARVELLOUS, poetry, Poetry Ireland, seamus Heaney, Solstice Gallery
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The road to Santa Cruz and Museum 2.0. Step 1
For some time I have watched and read about Nina Simon and her work on The Participatory Museum, Museum 2.0 and Santa Cruz Museum. She is convinced that there is better, more vibrant, more social future for museums. So am … Continue reading
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