A Scientist Walks into an Art Museum... Partnering with Diverse Content Experts

Monday, May 20

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Location: Room 353

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Museums across the country are breaking down silos between the sciences, arts, and humanities to help visitors understand our complex world. This session’s project team—representing an art museum, a living history museum, and a science center—has been integrating experts from other disciplines into interdisciplinary public programs. These artists, scientists, and historians illuminate the real work they do, humanize their professions, and help make connections between seemingly disparate fields. In this interactive lecture, identify opportunities that would be enhanced by cross-disciplinary experts at your own museum.

Learning Objectives:

Delineate ways to recruit cross-disciplinary content experts within your community.
Execute two communication training activities that will prepare content experts to share their work with museum visitors.
Identify public program opportunities at your institution that can be enhanced by cross-disciplinary content experts.

Presenter(s)

Chelsea Farrar

Curator of Community Engagement
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Anna Johnson

Portal to the Public Manager
Pacific Science Center
Kelsey VanVoorst

Interpretation Manager
Conner Prairie