Mexican AmericanCulinary Experience
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Sharing Boardsat Art Museum of South Texas
Visitors to the Home, Love, and Loss exhibition were asked to respond to prompts based on four key categories—Family, Home, Deprivation, and Honoring—through drawing, writing, and self-reflection.
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Printing
Supplies
Technology
Marketing & Outreach
Honoraria
Contract Labor
partner
Art Museum of South Texas
location
Corpus Christi, TX
About
Art Museum of South Texas (AMST) enhanced its Home, Love, and Loss exhibition with interactive sharing boards, inviting visitors to consider key themes of the exhibition. They were able to anonymously share personal stories, drawings, and reflections, fostering deep engagement and group dialogue. To ensure accessibility, AMST provided auditory sharing options and tactile experiences for visually impaired visitors.
Intended Outcome
AMST hoped that at least 2,500 visitors would interact with the sharing boards and that these interactions would increase the average time spent in the galleries from 3 to 6 minutes.
Actual Outcome
Visitors spent an average of 11.3 minutes in the Home, Love, and Loss gallery, representing a 276% increase. Additionally, 15,251 museum visitors participated in the sharing boards.
Advice Post Project
Working directly with community partners proved to be the most effective way to increase attendance and meaningful engagement within the gallery. Museums hoping to boost attendance and engagement should build relationships with local schools, nonprofits, and cultural centers early in the planning process and highlight opportunities for visitors to contribute to the exhibition in a personal and reflective way.
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Mexican AmericanCulinary Experience
The "Mexican American Culinary Experience" used food and storytelling to engage older adults and community members in cultural exploration at the Mattatuck Museum.
Women-ThemedNative American Cultural Festival
Fenimore Art Museum transformed its annual Native performing arts event to focus on the vital role of women in Native cultures to complement the themes of "As They Saw It: Women Artists Then and Now."
American Perspectives Gallery Guideat Portland Museum of Art
A supplemental piece of literature provided visitors with an opportunity for deeper engagement with the exhibition as well as continued education after leaving the museum.
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