As a younger member of a museum staff (27) and a younger museum goer, I
would just like to suggest an approach that is always best when
targeting a new audience.  Go talk to them and find out what they want.
  I can almost certainly promise you that most younger audiences want to
have a stake in what your museum is already doing.  It's just about
making it seem like they have some ownership over it too (along with
the parents and kids).  I doubt very much that the majority response
you would get would be, " Oh! Dude, I really wanna party at the
museum!"  Which seems to be the first step people think of when they
want to attract younger audiences.  We're not all singles out for a
date and we don't all have to have alcohol to enjoy a stimulating
museum.

bryan kennedy
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Explore science in some new and exciting ways - check out the LTC
websites
http://www.smm.org/explore/

WHO : bryan kennedy
WHAT : multimedia developer / educator
WHERE : Learning Technologies Center at the Science Museum of Minnesota

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