Participatory Museum

* Book: The Participatory Museum. Nina Simon

URL = http://www.participatorymuseum.org/

Book on ways to increase audience participation in cultural institutions, now available in full under a CC Attribution-NonCommercial license: [1]

Review

Elaine Heumann Gurian:

"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 traditional museum model on the other. The book is well written, interesting, well researched, and useful. It will encourage and support those who wish to begin. Simon dissects the process of participatory change, showing how to make choices that will augment, without overturning, the museum’s current programs or mission. 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."

More reviews here at http://www.participatorymuseum.org/bonus/reviews-of-the-participatory-museum/