Collaboratory Room - The DISCOVERY
In Community: Creating and Sharing Exhibits and Programs
Learning Format: Active Learning
How do you meet your community? Pop-up exhibits and programs at community sites are one way to take museum expertise and resources to the community, and develop sustainable long-term relationships with the community. Hear how museums are bringing people together at community watering holes to engage with curators, educators, exhibit planners, culture bearers, scientists and artists. With colleagues plan your own pop-up exhibit or interactive program.
Exhibits with Intent: Design exhibits as platforms for programming
Learning Format: Conversation
How can you help your exhibits deliver “more” for your visitors? We will explore case studies of how exhibits have been developed as platforms for both unfacilitated and facilitated learning opportunities. How do we turn neurology puzzles into a sensory brain bar? A story nook into a community conversation spot? A playful roleplay spot into a cultural heritage moment? We will then break into mediated roundtables with participants to explore exhibit/program scenarios suggested by attendees.