Creating the Visitor-centered Museum
What does the transformation to a visitor-centred approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to âdumb downâ their work? What internal changes are required?
Based on a multi-year, Kress Foundationâsponsored study of ten innovative American and European collections-based museums recognised by their peers to be visitor-centred, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer these key questions for the field. Creating the Visitor-centered Museum:
- describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors;
- addresses the internal struggles to reorganise and democratise these institutions;
- uses case studies, interviews of key personnel, Key Takeaways, and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centred approach in collections-based institutions.
What does the transformation to a visitor-centred approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to âdumb downâ their work? What internal changes are required?
Based on a multi-year, Kress Foundationâsponsored study of ten innovative American and European collections-based museums recognised by their peers to be visitor-centred, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer these key questions for the field. Creating the Visitor-centered Museum:
- describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors;
- addresses the internal struggles to reorganise and democratise these institutions;
- uses case studies, interviews of key personnel, Key Takeaways, and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centred approach in collections-based institutions.
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What does the transformation to a visitor-centred approach do for a museum? How are museums made relevant to a broad range of visitors of varying ages, identities, and social classes? Does appealing to a larger audience force museums to âdumb downâ their work? What internal changes are required?
Based on a multi-year, Kress Foundationâsponsored study of ten innovative American and European collections-based museums recognised by their peers to be visitor-centred, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer these key questions for the field. Creating the Visitor-centered Museum:
- describes key institutions that have opened the doors to a wider range of visitors;
- addresses the internal struggles to reorganise and democratise these institutions;
- uses case studies, interviews of key personnel, Key Takeaways, and additional resources to help museum professionals implement a visitor-centred approach in collections-based institutions.
