Creating the Visitor-centered Museum - Peter Samis

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Résumé :
Based on a multi-year international study of 20 innovative museums, Peter Samis and Mimi Michaelson answer key questions regarding the processes and problems involved in transforming a collections-based museum to a visitor-centered approach.

Biographie:
Peter Samis is Associate Curator of Interpretation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has a BA from Columbia University and an M.A. in art history from U.C. Berkeley, USA. Samis served as art historian/content expert for American Visions, the first CD-ROM on modern art (1993-94), then spearheaded development of SFMOMA's award-winning Interactive Educational Technology programs. He has served as Adjunct Professor in the international graduate program for Technology-Enhanced Communication for Cultural Heritage (TEC-CH) at Switzerland's University of Lugano and on the advisory boards of numerous museum organizations and collaborative software initiatives. In recent years, he has focused on larger questions of museum interpretation, both analog and digital. Mimi Michaelson is an education and museum consultant. She has a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University, USA where she studied creativity, youth activism, and cognitive development. As a former Project Zero manager, she has broad research experience, including as Senior Project Manager of Harvard's GoodWork project. She co-edited the New Directions volume, Supportive Frameworks for Youth Engagement .