First museums practical conference "Open museum"

Organizers: “Evolutsiya” Fund with support of Russian Venture Company (RVC) 

Audience around 100+ guests, among them:

• representatives of russian and foreign natural-science,  technical-science museums, science promotion centers and exploratoriums

• representatives of non-core museums, museum communities, institutions of museum support

• specialists in museology, museum design, culture design

• specialists in territory development (experienced with local societies)

• makers

• science popularizers (scientists, science journalists)

Discussion about major museum survey results of “Otkryto” project is planned within the conference:

• generalization of received information about the best russian and foreign practices

• discussion around selected problems of russian museums and hypotheses about their solutions

• discussion about adaptation and scaling  of best Russian and international experience

Basic subjects of discussion:

• Prospective decisions for usage at profile museums, that was found at other type of museums and locations

• why is it so difficult to involve children, teenagers and their parents with modern museums content

• the most difficult points in work with teenage audience. What to do to make people visit museum more often. How to make museum interesting to children and teenagers.

• interesting projects/formats of interaction with children and teenagers aimed to increase attendance of museums and centers

• what external specialists, connections, support can help in museums development and creating communities? How to consolidate people around museum? What representatives of science or museum environment is worth to cooperate?

• going out from museum: exhibits export to tech-science shows in kindergartens and schools

• special programs for different social groups: teachers, retired, elderly people, special programs for teenagers, who leaved education, for children from dysfunctional families

• Mediators, coaches,  facilitators, explainers — modern role of explorers in museum environment

• Analysis and design of museums, as one of the ways of territory development through development of human capital and interaction with local societies.

The headliners:

 Sabina Barcucci -  Creative Manager of MUSE, Italy 

 Svenja Gaube - the head of the Visitor Service Department, German museum of technology, Germany

Monika Borecka, Coordinator of the Family Workshop (workshops for children at the ages 5-8 and their parents). CENTRUM NAUKI KOPERNIK, Poland.

​Formats:

Presentstions, discussions, brainstorms, seminars, master-classes.

Contacts:

Participation: Elena Grishneva, 8-906-785-33-41, elena.grishneva@hubspeakers.ru

For mass-media: Thalia Ahmetova, 8-985-441-75-44, akhmetova.taliya@gmail.com

Address:

Moscow, Oktyabrskaya subway station, Leninsky ave., 4, National survey technology university "MISiS"