Visitor participation is a hot topic in the contemporary world of museums, art galleries, science centers, libraries, and cultural organizations. How can your institution do it and do it well?
The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places. Museum consultant and exhibit designer Nina Simon weaves together innovative design techniques and case studies to make a powerful case for participatory practice.
"Nina neatly balances practical ideas for immediate implementation with broader strategic thinking, making The Participatory Museum THE go-to recipe book for the coming years." - Sebastian Chan, Head of Digital, Social and Emerging Technologies, Powerhouse Museum, Australia
"This book is an extraordinary resource. Nina has assembled the collective wisdom of the field and has given it her own brilliant spin. She shows us all how to walk the talk."
-Kathleen McLean, museum designer and author of Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions
"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. 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."
-Elaine Gurian, international museum consultant and author of Civilizing the Museum
"I predict that in the future this book will be a classic work of museology."
-Elizabeth Merritt, Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums
The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places. Museum consultant and exhibit designer Nina Simon weaves together innovative design techniques and case studies to make a powerful case for participatory practice.
"Nina neatly balances practical ideas for immediate implementation with broader strategic thinking, making The Participatory Museum THE go-to recipe book for the coming years." - Sebastian Chan, Head of Digital, Social and Emerging Technologies, Powerhouse Museum, Australia
"This book is an extraordinary resource. Nina has assembled the collective wisdom of the field and has given it her own brilliant spin. She shows us all how to walk the talk."
-Kathleen McLean, museum designer and author of Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions
"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. 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."
-Elaine Gurian, international museum consultant and author of Civilizing the Museum
"I predict that in the future this book will be a classic work of museology."
-Elizabeth Merritt, Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums
