The Project

Activities

To collect & analyse

The Creative Museum project is based on the reflections of several museum professionals who identified creative practices as a tool to develop public engagement in museums. The compared analysis of creative practices in Europe is aimed to provide partner organisations and museum professionals with state-of-the-art creative practices in Europe. A set of recommendation for the implementation of such practices will be produced based on the compared analysis.

To discover & learn

The learning activities in the Creative Museum project consist of peer-to-peer training programmes for museum professionals. Museum professionals will be invited to put into practice during the Making Museomix training programme the recommandations previously producted. They will explore ways to bridge the gap between participatory webculture and institutional webculture.The purpose of the programme is to encourage audiences imagine a cultural space that allows them to become engaged users.

To experiment

Beyond simply looking at objects, visitors seek diverse experiences in museums: photography, drawing, writing, learning, meeting, playing etc. Experiences they like to share. The maker in residence programme will be an opportunity to connect makers and digital talents with host museums to explore ways of cooperation, experiment making and share ideas and outputs. This programme is inspired by numerous formal and informal creative projects found across the globe as a result of globalization. It adheres to the development of new tools for creative production and the rise of the culture of Maker, a Do-it-Yourself ethos that believes it is more fun to create than to consume.

To evaluate & share

Maker culture and Do-it-Yourself approaches are based on the idea of sharing with everyone and transferring knowledge to new generations. It aligns with the traditions and mission of museums in many ways, as it is their interest to share information as freely as possible; objects have long served as inspiration for artists working in various media; education department offer art-making programmes for people of all ages. In this environment, digital tools make it possible for more people to participate and get involved.

Origin of the project

The recent global economic downturn has impacted youth and adult populations The Creative Museum Project seeks to explore and inform the connections between our cultural organisations and their communities by capitalising on the emergence of new and democratising digital technologies.  Seeking to extend the language of engagement through the medium of accessible, customisable, and personal digital experiences.  The project sees museums as dynamic learning environments in which staff and visitors can use accessible digital tools to explore and reason about collections in new and creative ways.   The Creative Museum is a three-year Strategic Partnership running from 2014-2017  funded ...
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Partners

Cap Sciences

One of 6 key science centres in France, has important networks in the science sector e.g. ESCITE.

Heritec

provides consultancy services to the heritage sector specifically around the areas of audience development and public engagement.

Museomix

is a collaborative association which experiments co-create interactive solutions and new experiences for visitors in museums and galleries.

Radiona Zagreb Maker Space

delivers educational programming in museums and heritage, using hi-tech and innovative methodologies.

The Chester Beatty Library

is a unique museum housing a collection of European, Middle Eastern Asian/East Asian rare books, manuscripts, religious materials and decorative arts. It has an active intercultural learning programme.

IBC Region Emilia-Romagna

supports and advises the Regional Government in policy making and acts as an advisory body in the field of cultural heritage, including museums, libraries, archives, natural and built heritage.

Finnish Museums Association (FMA)

is the central organisation and information centre for museums in Finland.

Museene i Sør Trøndelag (MiST)

is a network of 9 museums and 150 staff, based in Southern Trøndelag. It specialises in museum management and development, education, communication.

STePS

pioneers approaches to formal and non-formal learning to enable personal growth as well as inclusive and sustainable change in organisations and territories.