How to create engaging displays
Rebecca Atkinson, 15.07.2010
The latest Museum Practice looks at how you can create engaging displays with audiences and artists
The July issue of Museum Practice is now online exploring the move towards ‘democratic museums’ that challenge and involve audiences intellectually and emotionally.
This new approach to display can take many forms, but working with members of the public and artists is a key way to create stimulating museum spaces and engage audiences.
But while introducing new voices into the museum presents an opportunity to challenge perceived wisdoms, it also raises issues around the authority of the museum in the 21st century.
Museum Practice explores these issues and looks at case studies from Manchester Museum and Hackney Museum, as well as Nuffield Theatre, which put members of the public and artists in charge of programming for a year.
Plus, find out how some museums are using websites as an opportunity for audiences to curate exhibitions and tell us about your experiences of co-creation and your views on putting the public in charge.
Click here to read Museum Practice
(Image: Droog Do Hit Chair by Marijn van der Poll, TechnoCraft exhibition, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts)
This new approach to display can take many forms, but working with members of the public and artists is a key way to create stimulating museum spaces and engage audiences.
But while introducing new voices into the museum presents an opportunity to challenge perceived wisdoms, it also raises issues around the authority of the museum in the 21st century.
Museum Practice explores these issues and looks at case studies from Manchester Museum and Hackney Museum, as well as Nuffield Theatre, which put members of the public and artists in charge of programming for a year.
Plus, find out how some museums are using websites as an opportunity for audiences to curate exhibitions and tell us about your experiences of co-creation and your views on putting the public in charge.
Click here to read Museum Practice
(Image: Droog Do Hit Chair by Marijn van der Poll, TechnoCraft exhibition, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts)
