Future of Museums

Occuplay Museums: Should Museums Become More Playful?

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“A little nonsense, now and then,” wrote Roald Dahl, “is cherished by the wisest men.” But is there room for it in museums? That is the question behind Occuplay Museums, a 2018 experiment in which US and UK museums acted on prompts designed to allow playful behavior in their galleries. Hear about successes achieved and roadblocks faced by participating museums, and take part in short exercises to explore your own museum’s capacity for playfulness.

Learning Objectives:

• Recall two to three stories of how museums in the US and UK have taken steps to increase the capacity for playfulness in their museums
• Assess your museum’s current baseline of playfulness as compared to other institutions and public spaces.
• Identify two to three concrete, small steps their museum can take to enable more playfulness in their museum

Presenter(s)

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  Megan Dickerson

  Senior Exhibitions Manager
  The New Children's Museum