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Thanks, Ben. I agree and cafes are one of the examples I'll cite in the
session.
Hope to see you there,
Ben
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> Ben-
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> There is growing momentum for museums to be involved in public programming
> at events outside of their facility. Science cafes and science festivals are
> examples I happen to be involved in, but there are many others as well. This
> seems to me to be an evolving part of the "redefinition of museums": perhaps
> suggesting that museums at times have a calling to serve their community by
> reaching out to audiences in public venues.
>
> For reference:
> www.sciencefestivals.org
> www.sciencecafes.org
> www.sciencefestivals.org/conference.html
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> Ben
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> On May 17, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Benjamin Dickow wrote:
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> > Hi anyone who will be at AAM in Houston...
> >
> > A few months ago, some of you were involved in a discussion on this
> listserv
> > about the definition of museums. It resolved a couple of weeks ago with a
> > reference to the latest Enhibitionist issue. Not to beat a dead horse,
> but
> > if you want to continue this discussion, John Falk and I will be
> conducting
> > a session at AAM in Houston this weekend called, oddly enough,
> "Redefining
> > Museums." We proposed this session a year ago, but it seems that it
> couldn't
> > come at a better time. If you have time at the conference, please come by
> > and take part in the conversation. It's going to be pretty wild, we hope.
> >
> > That's "Redefining Museums"
> > Sunday, May 22
> > 1:15 - 2:30 pm
> >
> > Also, if any of you have a question that you would like the session to
> > tackle, please send it to me, now...before the session. I can't guarantee
> > that it will be discussed, but it's possible. This session is for the
> > attendees as much as anyone and we want the discussion to serve the group
> as
> > much as possible.
> >
> > Thanks and see you there!
> > Ben
> >
> > Ben Dickow
> > 310-614-6048
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