Hello all,

Along these lines, see Story Corps: http://storycorps.org/

 From its website:
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit whose mission is to provide
Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to
record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. Since 2003,
StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 40,000 interviews from
more than 60,000 participants. Each conversation is recorded on a free
CD to share, and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the
Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history
projects of its kind, and millions listen to our weekly broadcasts on
NPR?s Morning Edition and on our Listen pages.

Raffi E. Andonian
Museum Educator
Los Alamos Historical Society
http://www.losalamoshistory.org/

Quoting Heather McClenahan <[log in to unmask]>:

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>> From: Scott Heath <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Human Library
>> Date: February 8, 2012 11:03:24 AM MST
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
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>> I've recently run across a very interesting program called the Human
>> Library (www.humanlibrary.org), designed to essentially let patrons
>> "check out" interesting people for a one-on-one conversation.  While
>> the original program was designed as an anti-prejudice activity, I was
>> thinking that this could somehow be adapted to a local history museum
>> such as my own as an oral history/chance to meet interesting locals
>> event.  Has anyone worked with this concept before?  How did you go
>> about adapting it for use in a museum?  Feel free to reply off list if
>> you'd like.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>   W. Scott Heath
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>> Finance Officer
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