A Bright Future for Museums Maurice Davies 30 October 2015 www.museumconsultancy.co.uk
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A Bright Future for
Museums
Maurice Davies
30 October 2015
www.museumconsultancy.co.uk
My Themes
Relevance
Impact
Useful Collections
Permanence and Change
Skills and Professions
Relationships
Royal Academy of Arts
Relationships
Audiences
Communities
Society
The Planet
Sources: Museums2020 Sustainability and Museums
AUDIENCES
LearningQuality time & Entertainment
Wellbeing and HealthConfidence and Identity
Participation
COMMUNITIES
Sense of identity and prideEconomic activity (tourism)
Hub of communityPartnerships
Social cohesion
SOCIETY
Memory and KnowledgeTrusted, neutral
Social Justice and Human RightsShaping the Future
Shape the Future
Traditionally, museums convey past, through present to future
Better to use past to understand the present and shape the future
(Relevance)
THE PLANET
Take from natureCare for nature
Transition
CARE FOR THE PLANET AS WELL AS COLLECTIONS
‘There’s no point in saving history for the world if it costs the earth’
Happy Museum Project www.happymuseumproject.org
IT’S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
‘Museums will have to change from being generally inward-looking organisations to outward-looking ones and they will need to learn what this means.’
Quality not Quantity
Depth of engagement
Strength of relationship
(Relevance)
More important than numbers
My Themes
Relationships
RelevanceImpact
Useful Collections
Permanence and Change
Skills and Professions
RELEVANCE
MATTER TO
PEOPLE
NOW !
Slow is good, sometimes
But museums could often move faster:
Respond quickly
Keep up to date
Experiment more
EVENTS
ACTIVITIES
FLEXIBILITY
CHANGE
My Themes
Relationships
Relevance
ImpactUseful Collections
Permanence and Change
Skills and Professions
WHY?WHO FOR?
WHAT IMPACT?
Input collection, staff
Output exhibition
IMPACT learning
good experience
wellbeing
Impact =DifferenceOutcomeChange
Thinking about your museum
Start with the impact you want to have
People’s needs, not collection’s needs
Wellbeing of communities and planet rather than the museum
My Themes
Relationships
Relevance
Impact
Useful CollectionsPermanence and Change
Skills and Professions
Useful Collections
My Themes
Relationships
Relevance
Impact
Useful Collections
Permanence and ChangeSkills and Professions
Permanent
Permanent Collections?
too big?
too careful?
Permanent Displays?
too boring!
(not relevant)
‘I couldn’t agree more that permanent displays are a thing of the past. Even I’m bored of them and I’m promoting them.’
‘Permanent displays are the heart and soul of the museum.’
My Themes
Relationships
Relevance
Impact
Useful Collections
Permanence and Change
Skills and Professions
Skills
Communication
Creative
Entrepreneurial
Partnership
Community development
Professions
Editor
Producer
Social activist
Social entrepreneur
YouCare about people and planet
Improve people’s lives (give them a good time)
Make places better
Be a good neighbour
Be inclusive
Listen as well as talk
Learn as well as teach
Be humble
Do it for others, not yourself
You
Be Relevant!
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