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Yes, you missed something.
William Snead
Duke University
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Re: Who goes to Museums anyway?
And what does this mean?
It turns out that Joe Public doesn't go to museums.
Joe Public goes to Community Colleges...
...in between jobs and kids and rents and car payments and bill
collectors...
...as s/he tries to better her/his own life options and employability.
It is clear that many of on this list are the person above. Prior to
university I attended a community college (as well lectured at an
outstanding one for years.) There are many intellectual, and highly
sophisticated (if not economically smart) people going to community
colleges and saving thousands in the process. And it was during my time
there that we attended many museum exhibitions. Am I missing something
with the statement clipped above? because that line to me seems entirely
out of line.
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From: Janice Klein
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Who goes to Museums anyway?
I'm going to add my $.02 by suggesting that the best way to get Joe Public
(or in our case the Public family) in to museums is to offer a regular
wide range of programs. We do at least two public programs a month (free
with museum admission), as well as a monthly Book Club and a twice monthly
Saturday Kids Craft Morning (which converts to three weekday mornings
during July and August). We offer a small honorarium for each outside
speaker or demonstrator ($150 flat fee). The Craft mornings are done by
staff and volunteers. Our state Humanities Council offers "mini-grants"
of $2,000 which we have drawn on several times over the last few years to
cover the cost of up to 10 programs based on a single theme -- often
related to our temporary exhibit (two a year, created in-house). We also
have a Craft Room which has materials for basic crafts (beaded necklaces
or key chains, dreamcatchers and gods eyes) are out all the time (funding
for this comes from a few small donations from area service organizations,
like Kiwanis).
I'd be interested to hear others opinions on the value of programming vs
exhibits/education/entertainment to get the Publics in the door.
janice
Janice Klein
Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Diane Peapus
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 12:10 PM
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Subject: Who goes to Museums anyway?... Was: One can get a job
Claudia wrote:
>During my museum â€oehiatus†I worked as a supermarket cashier (we
still had to eat),
> and I can tell you that I no longer believe museums (many) reach all of
the public.
You bring up a good point.
After leaving the Museum of the Earth, I've been adjunct teaching at a
variety of
community and non-research 4 year colleges. My degree allowed me to avoid
the supermarket check-out and introduce some non-traditional
experiential-based
museum pedagogy to the classroom.
But I've gotten a lesson in "Joe Public" during this work.
(Which makes me a far superior candidate for your Dir of Edu position if
any
of you out there want to hire me!! ;-) )
It turns out that Joe Public doesn't go to museums.
Joe Public goes to Community Colleges...
...in between jobs and kids and rents and car payments and bill
collectors...
...as s/he tries to better her/his own life options and employability.
When I do get back into a museum... I'll certainly have a whole 'nother
line of
thinking about how to get Joe Public in the doors.
have fun
diane
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