This factsheet explains how cultural institutions such as museums, galleries and heritage sites can locate and attract young people to take part in Kids in Museums Takeover Day. It is useful in general for cultural organisations who want to know where to find young people ahead of a special event.
Seb Chan shares his thoughts on Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s shift from a zero tech to a high tech organisation and the impact it had on the organisation.
Museums, libraries and archives have a role to play in achieving important community and local authority agendas. This report gives numerous examples of how the sector makes a unique and effective contribution to the following areas: building stronger and safer communities, helping children and young people, improving adult health and well-being and building a strong … Read more
We do not yet live in a society which can fund opening for libraries 24/7. This detailed report examines opening hours with special reference to Sundays. The research sets this in a context of current social, economic and political developments and highlights a set of critical success factors and helpful practice.
International and national legislation supports the idea that young people should express their opinions to help shape the services that directly affect them. This toolkit gives guidance on how to set up and run youth forums in museums and suggests techniques to use to consult young people. It includes case studies of different types of … Read more
What are museums for? When National Museums Scotland decided to review their brand, they put the logo to one side, and started with the big questions; who are we, who are our competitors, what makes us different, who do we want to engage, and what do we want them to do and know?
Two concise case studies on rebranding art museums in the US by international brand consultancy Wolff Olins. Find out how the identities of the Asian Art Museum in San Fransisco and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York were transformed, leading to invigorating staff and board members, and attracting a surge of new … Read more
This research investigates why London’s museums and galleries do not attract an audience that more truly reflects the diverse multi cultural and multi ethnic demographic character of the capital’s resident community. The research used non-user research through street surveys and focus groups. The street surveys revealed a general lack of interest in museums and galleries among BME groups. These were followed up … Read more
Background The Science Museum introduced a game in the Antenna Gallery to engage crowds of young people with the challenging topic of the science of pain. The science of pain isn’t an obvious starting point for an online game. But the Science Museum certainly has good form making tricky subject matter fun for all ages. … Read more
The Rijksmuseum made a decision to open their collection to a wider audience via the web. The museum embarked on digitising its collection in 2006. In 2010 the opportunity arose to build a new website with the digitised collection at its heart, accessible for the whole world. This concise case study looks at the process … Read more