qrator and the grant museum of zoology
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QRator and the Grant Museum of Zoology. Jack Ashby Museum Manager Grant Museum of Zoology University College London @JackDAshby. The “old” Grant Museum. The Grant Museum today. Delivering public engagement and impact. Acting as a broker between external communities and the university. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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QRator and the Grant Museum of Zoology
Jack Ashby
Museum ManagerGrant Museum of ZoologyUniversity College London
@JackDAshby
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The “old” Grant Museum
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The Grant Museum today
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Delivering public engagement and impact
• Acting as a broker between external communities and the university.
• Providing established
audiences for events• Co-curation – swapping
skills and knowledge• Research venue
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The challenge:
• Bring the Museum into 21st century in museology
and technology• Add the visitor voice to the Museum• Collaborate with CASA and DH• Create something visitors
want• Innovate and experiment
The Solution: QRator
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Qrator is
• Questions on iPads• For us – public engagement• For partners – research,
including a PhD• For visitors – fun and thought-
provoking
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QRator does
Asks questions linked to
object-based displays on:•How museums operate•Science in society
In order to•Gather opinion•Raise new ideas•Invite thought
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Potential pitfalls of community engagement
• Takes place behind closed doors• Short-term• Peripheral to key strategy• Are exclusive • Don’t necessarily
represent “the community”
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QRator: Social interpretation
• Meaningful for three groups– Active contributors– Passive readers– The Museum
• 100% of visitors are invited• Entirely visible
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Big challenge: Risks of partnership
• We do have different agendas
• We, the Museum, aren’t in control of it
• We all have something different to say about it
• The visitor doesn’t know it’s an experiment.
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Major successes
• Visitors like it• 4-5 years ahead of “adoption
horizon”• Social interpretation at IWM• Museums and Heritage Award• Museum of Brands
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Jack [email protected]/museums/zoology@JackDAshby
Acknowledgements• Claire Ross• UCL Digital Humanities• UCL CASA• UCL Public Engagement Unit