What makes a successful museum?

Max Meijer

What makes a successful museum is hard to tell in general terms...

is dependent on the specific situation…On the collection,The building,The staff,The funding,The location, The country,The culture and the values that count…The expectations and needs visitors and stakeholders may have…

And as we did see two days ago,on the way the museum meets it’sGolden Circle:

In general a successful museum should Consider the Why, How and What regarding:

→Content (objects or site)

values + data/information

↓↑ →Use (presentations)

‘use’ in storyline, exhibitions, experience, events

↓↑ →Impact (public)

added value for visitors and other stakeholders

Basically your museum shoulda. Tell a storyb. Know the collectionc. Meet the expectations of

visitorsd. Engage it’s stakeholderse. Involve local communities

Tell a story

Know the collection

Meet the expectations of visitors

Engage stakeholders

Involve local communities

But where to start to make a (more) successful museum?

Be honest!

And check...

You may like your museum,But do your visitors or stakeholders think so too?

Ask your visitors, who they are, why they come and if if you meet their expectations

Your reward?

Lots of information as we did experience yesterday at Borobudur, even in just one hour...

Analyse as well:

And use information available:

Ask colleagues:

Ask colleagues:

Get support:

20 minutes.As a group (5 groups)

Exercise:

When your team would be asked to make a very good exhibition on the theme Buddhism in Afghanistan and Indonesia, with relevance for both visitors in Indonesia and Afghanistan...

How will you start?

Please discuss and describe the first 3 steps in your work-process:

1....2....3....