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Curious about making your museum accessible to all but don't know where to start? Start with this easy to read checklist. Whether you're a museum curator, educator, or accessibility advocate, this checklist offers practical guidance and actionable steps to promote accessibility and inclusion in cultural institutions. Building buy-in can start with these three steps: 1. Educate stakeholders Use these great examples provided by the Smithsonian Institution https://lnkd.in/eVDmipAc 2. Guide design decisions https://lnkd.in/evTYsE7P 3. Advocate for resources (research & data) https://lnkd.in/ens53FC9 International Council of Museums (ICOM) Culture for All https://kaikukortti.fi/en/ #accessibility #museums #culturalspaces #diversity

Takeover Day is a Kids in Museums initiative when children and young people are invited into museums to take over the jobs normally done by adults. This year's Takeover Day is Friday 22 November so now is the perfect time to start to think about how your museum could be involved. If you have been inspired by #GreatBigGreenWeek why not hold a climate themed Takeover Day? Here are resources and advice on how to do it: https://lnkd.in/duAjXP2U

This International Museum Day is themed "Museums for Education and Research." It underscores these cultural institutions’ pivotal role in shaping a more informed, sustainable, and inclusive society. “People trust museums as places where they can learn about the world and learn about themselves; museums do so much more than meets the eye,” says Zena Howard FAIA, our global cultural and civic practice leader. Find out how established and emerging institutions are shaking up what it means to be arbiters of culture: https://lnkd.in/ef6tUxs5 #IMD #knowledgeilluminated #PWinsights #designinsights

Today marks #InternationalMuseumsDay. Museums are at the heart of our communities, looking to the past, present and future, bringing us together. It is a day to advocate for museums and to share a vision for what museums are and could be. Many debate the role of museums, for me they are about people, a reflection of who we are and who we want to be. Museums have the potential to be transformative, to be at the heart of national conversations, to bring the world around us together, improve well-being and be an economic driver. This is why we must advocate for museums, their potential is unspent, austerity has limited their potential. There is far more they can do, they can be a space for all and not the few. Support your museum. #IMD2024

Employee friendly, collaborative effort, environmentally sustainable, appropriately aligned to tourist seasons, immersive local community engagement - the slow-museum model seems to have it all; but not without its challenges! With concerns of waitlisting in terms of booking exhibitions or artwork donations, artists' resentments, job cuts etc., I really like how the article highlights that the model still paves way for in-depth conversations and consciousness art consumption. As a fan of slow living and relishing art, slowly and meaningfully, a yay from me!

Is slow the new fast? Imagine a museum where you can breathe and truly appreciate the art, not just race through a checklist of exhibits. That's the idea behind the hot new trend of "slow museums." Slow museums are all about quality over quantity. They showcase fewer collections but invest more time and energy into making each one unforgettable. It's not just about the paintings (though those are still awesome!). Slow museums are also upping the game on events and workshops. Imagine chatting with the artist, learning a new skill, or participating in discussions about the art. With the rise of slow museums, we gotta wonder: is less truly more for museums? Could this be the key to a deeper connection with art and culture? Would you rather have a curated, in-depth experience or the variety of a traditional museum? 👇 #MuseumExperience #ArtAndCulture #CultureShift

Towards adopting more environmentally sustainable practices.

Old-school museums vs. new-school museums (as I call them 😂). It's a hot topic when deciding on your museum strategies. The traditional museum (old-school) view prioritises preservation, focusing on safeguarding artefacts and history at all costs. The helpful museum (new-school) champions audience engagement, striving to make collections accessible and relatable to the public. But... 🔍 Do all museums need to change to 100% one or the other? 🔍 How do we strike a balance between maintaining our collections and ensuring they resonate with today’s audiences? Is there an optimal ratio? 🔍 Is the debate of deciding to prioritise preservation or public engagement actually helping or hindering our approach to achieving sustainability and the purpose of museums? 🤔 Sometimes I feel that we are losing sight of the true purpose of museums in this battle of priorities. What’s your take on the old school vs new school approach in museums? #Museums #Heritage #Preservation #PublicEngagement #MuseumInnovation

Trust is a powerful word, especially when it comes to museums. But what happens when 'trust' becomes something we actively promote rather than something we quietly earn? Amanda Krantz's article challenges the comfort many find in labeling museums as 'trusted' institutions. Her reflections urge us to reconsider how we talk about trust in the museum sector—highlighting the delicate balance between influence and responsibility. Amanda's piece reminds us that trust isn't a label to be worn proudly, but a dynamic relationship to be continuously nurtured. https://lnkd.in/gGVgNbsY #LearningHub #insight #MuseumInsight

This is worth reading 🔽 Even though I believe is by far much more than just that. The social dimension of the role tends to be made invisible, as if being a mediator were just being an almost passive link between two things. Being a mediator is getting involved with the community, listening to its needs, being a relevant actor in the decision-making process in your institution, ensuring that educational and didactic aspects are included in the exhibitions and participating in their museography, generating research and innovation in their practices, among a thousand other things. Let's not reduce its importance to just being a guide. That paradigm has long been obsolete.