Introducing The Participatory Museum, a new book by Nina Simon. This talk first given at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on April 22, 2010. An edited version was uploaded in concert with a talk at the Whitney Museum on May 17, 2010.

1. A DISCUSSION WITH NINA SIMON
nina@museumtwo.com @ninaksimon on twitter slides at http://bit.ly/ninabook

2. Hi.
My name is Nina,
and I want to
change museums.

3. web 2.0 is software
that gets better the more
people use it
-Tim O’Reilly, technologist and publisher

4. how could a cultural
institution get better the
more people use it?

5. traditionally, museums
are visitor-agnostic
✴ destinations
✴ trusted sources of information
✴ places for seeing and exploring

6. i’m interested in museums
that are visitor-centered
✴ destinations
✴ trusted sources of information
✴ places for seeing and exploring

7. i’m interested in museums
that are visitor-centered
✴ places for everyday use
✴ trusted sources of information
✴ places for seeing and exploring

8. i’m interested in museums
that are visitor-centered
✴ places for everyday use
✴ trusted hosts for social experiences
✴ places for seeing and exploring

9. i’m interested in museums
that are visitor-centered
✴ places for everyday use
✴ trusted hosts for social experiences
✴ places for making and sharing

10. Authority is content provider

11. Authority is content provider Authority is platform provider

12. photo by beagleskin on Flickr

13. photo by beagleskin on Flickr
as220 labs

14. how?
✴ places for everyday use
✴ trusted hosts for social experiences
✴ places for making and sharing

15. less like this more like this
Photo by cybertoad on Flickr

17. Photo by Jessie Cutts on Flickr

19. Worcester City Gallery and Museum

20. Worcester City Gallery and Museum

21. Worcester City Gallery and Museum

22. how?
✴ places for everyday use
✴ trusted hosts for social experiences
✴ places for making and sharing

23. Science Museum of Minnesota
Photo by Terry Gydesen

24. Advice, University of Washington

26. I’ve never had a gay friend. It was unbelievably
exciting to find myself facing him with his body,
opinions and identity. It seems he was not very
different from me and especially he was not an
alien. From now on, I will not disrupt my
communication with the gays, I will enhance it.
- Reader in Istanbul, 2007

27. how?
✴ places for everyday use
✴ trusted hosts for social experiences
✴ places for making and sharing

28. there are many ways to participate
Stanford Art Center upper: chicago children’s museum Minnesota History Museum
lower: Science Museum of Minnesota

29. which techniques fit your mission?
Stanford Art Center upper: chicago children’s museum Minnesota History Museum
lower: Science Museum of Minnesota

30. The mission of The New York
Public Library is to inspire lifelong
learning, advance knowledge, and
strengthen our communities.

31. The mission of The New York
Public Library is to inspire lifelong
learning, advance knowledge, and
strengthen our communities.

32. Jessica Pigza
Rare book librarian

33. Jessica Pigza
Rare book librarian
Josh Greenberg
Director of Digital Strategy

34. blog
http://www.nypl.org/blog_series/hand-made

35. blog

36. blog

37. video
http://www.nypl.org/av_display/series/47883

38. video
http://www.nypl.org/av_display/series/47883

39. video

40. Photo by Shira Kronzon on Flickr

41. Photos by Shira Kronzon on Flickr

42. “My boss knows that I find this to be very
satisfying, but he also recognizes that it’s a
good thing for the institution in general. He
is one of the people who recognizes the
connection between handicraft and history
and rare books.”

43. “My boss knows that I find this to be very
satisfying, but he also recognizes that it’s a
good thing for the institution in general. He
is one of the people who recognizes the
connection between handicraft and history
and rare books.”
inspire lifelong learning
advance knowledge
strengthen our communities

44. A DISCUSSION WITH NINA SIMON
nina@museumtwo.com @ninaksimon on twitter slides at http://bit.ly/ninabook