Timeliness: A Discussion for Museums

Davis, Joy; Gurian, Elaine Heumann; Koster, Emlyn H.

doi:10.1111/j.2151-6952.2003.tb00101.x

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“…Yet despite the ongoing discussions on creativity and innovation in business literature, there is an increasing emphasis on the rational in management and marketing theory, overlooking the judgmental or intuitive science of decision making. In considering museums and their 'public accountability' mandate, prominent museum professionals recently examined the way in which such tools as 'timeliness, flexibility and responsiveness,' are accessed not only in the case of the museum's usefulness to society but also in the delivery of their services (Davis et al, 2003).…”

Section: Marketing In Nonprofitsmentioning

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Creative marketing strategies in small museums: up close and innovative

McNichol

2005

J of Philanthropy and Mktg

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Museums are seeing decreasing resources along with increasing competition (such as the entertainment industry's recent foray into the education arena) for their market share (TiLE, Oct 2002). The prevalent perception that nonprofit institutions as a sector are mismanaged also requires museums to become more businesslike in their management and their marketing (Kotler & Kotler, 1998; Andreasen & Kotler, 2002; Salamon, 2003). Although larger museums have more access to human and economic capital, this article demonstrates how the flexibility and agility of smaller institutions positions them well to leverage their resources with creativity and innovation. To give credibility to the museum examples, the discussion recounts how the American wine industry rose in prominence both at home and abroad by sidestepping traditional marketing research methods, using instead an approach that was more like art. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Marketing In Nonprofitsmentioning

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Creative marketing strategies in small museums: up close and innovative

McNichol

2005

J of Philanthropy and Mktg

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“…The research, while conducted in 2010, reflects how contemporary political climates and sensitivities may affect activities. At the time of the first study there was a less volatile political and cultural environment, and perhaps less overall urgency, but we noted that a decade earlier, around the time of the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001, many museums had taken on concerted efforts toward timely, socially conscious actions (Davis et al 2003). Given what seems to be a cyclical nature of activism, this raises the question of what it takes to get the field to become more active in social issues that affect communities?…”

Section: Barriers To Social Justice: Real and Imaginedmentioning

confidence: 94%

Museum Activism

Janes¹,

Sandell²

2019

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Only a decade ago, the notion that museums, galleries and heritage organisations might engage in activist practice, with explicit intent to act upon inequalities, injustices and environmental crises, was met with scepticism and often derision. Seeking to purposefully bring about social change was viewed by many within and beyond the museum community as inappropriately political and antithetical to fundamental professional values. Today, although the idea remains controversial, the way we think about the roles and responsibilities of museums as knowledgebased, social institutions is changing. Museum Activism examines the increasing significance of this activist trend in thinking and practice.At this crucial time in the evolution of museum thinking and practice, this ground-breaking volume brings together more than fifty contributors working across six continents to explore, analyse and critically reflect upon the museum's relationship to activism. Including contributions from practitioners, artists, activists and researchers, this wide-ranging examination of new and divergent expressions of the inherent power of museums as forces for good, and as activists in civil society, aims to encourage further experimentation and enrich the debate in this nascent and uncertain field of museum practice.Museum Activism elucidates the largely untapped potential for museums as key intellectual and civic resources to address inequalities, injustice and environmental challenges. This makes the book essential reading for scholars and students of museum and heritage studies, gallery studies, arts and heritage management, and politics. It will be a source of inspiration to museum practitioners and museum leaders around the globe.

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“…Our Science & Religion programs were developed and evaluated in the context of museums’ goals to be inclusive of multiple and diverse audiences (Hirzy ), to serve a role as community conveners (Institute of Museum and Library Services ), to address relevant and important issues (Davis et al. ; Nielsen ; Reich et al. ), and to provide opportunities for authentic participation (Simon , ; Skydsgaard et al.…”

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“…Our Science & Religion programs were developed and evaluated in the context of museums' goals to be inclusive of multiple and diverse audiences (Hirzy 2008), to serve a role as community conveners (Institute of Museum and Library Services 2016), to address relevant and important issues (Davis et al 2003;Nielsen 2015;Reich et al 2007), and to provide opportunities for authentic participation (Simon 2010(Simon , 2018Skydsgaard et al 2016). The project team conceived of our work as creating a social environment for participants to learn through joint construction of meanings (Perry et al 1996, 26).…”

Section: Societal Issues In Museumsmentioning

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Storytelling, Science, and Religion: Promoting Reflection and Conversation about Societal Issues

Ostman¹,

Zirulnik²,

Cosgrove

2019

Curator The Museum Journal

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The Science & Religion project explored the relationship of science and religion through creative nonfiction stories and public programs. The overarching goal of this work was to investigate whether and how museums can encourage reflection and conversation around big, important, and difficult questions. In this paper, we contextualize the project in the movement to address societal issues in museums, describe some of the design and delivery strategies we used to create public programs that were inclusive of diverse points of view, report the programs’ impact on participants, and offer lessons learned for museum practitioners interested in similar programmatic approaches or topics. We also reflect on our own attitudes and preconceptions as museum educators, considering why we felt this was a controversial topic and why we were surprised to discover that audiences were so receptive to it.

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Timeliness: A Discussion for Museums

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Creative marketing strategies in small museums: up close and innovative

Creative marketing strategies in small museums: up close and innovative

Museum Activism

Storytelling, Science, and Religion: Promoting Reflection and Conversation about Societal Issues

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