tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post5383068829940230247..comments2024-03-07T06:04:27.839-08:00Comments on Museum 2.0: The Lab at Belmar: Museums Coming Soon to a Mall Near You?Nina Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-61688728441690951532008-06-12T05:13:00.000-07:002008-06-12T05:13:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-4192167446087655262008-06-12T05:11:00.000-07:002008-06-12T05:11:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-34239275834963373682008-05-09T08:08:00.000-07:002008-05-09T08:08:00.000-07:00Relatedly, last year I wrote a post about design l...Relatedly, last year I wrote <A HREF="http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2007/06/mall-science-lessons-in-consumer-appeal.html" REL="nofollow">a post</A> about design lessons museums can learn from malls. The "ready to browse" mentality is one I see as particularly open and conducive to popping into a museum.<BR/><BR/>@Tamara, I find airports and airplanes strangely personal social spaces. Something about being enclosed in a place between places. More content about transit to come...Nina Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723930679606298550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-47799376852327238972008-05-08T18:46:00.000-07:002008-05-08T18:46:00.000-07:00In my mind, airport museums are sort of related. A...In my mind, airport museums are sort of related. Although generally people don't go there just to hang out, that's often the situation you find yourself in. I've come across surprising and wonderful exhibits in airports. The Oakland Museum does some great things at the Oakland Airport...if anyone is passing through, be sure to take a look around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-88810735986766071942008-05-08T15:35:00.000-07:002008-05-08T15:35:00.000-07:00When I worked on the Outdoor Exploratorium, we inv...When I worked on the Outdoor Exploratorium, we investigated (and sometimes prototyped) at BART stations, the waterfront, etc. The public was very enthusiastic about it, and most often I heard comments such as "you mean for free?".San Francisco Mobile Museumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03140124276485406486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-84077047276261043932008-05-06T21:07:00.000-07:002008-05-06T21:07:00.000-07:00In the mid 90's the Winter Park Mall in Winter Par...In the mid 90's the Winter Park Mall in Winter Park, Florida went through a transition and became an arts mall. It housed various studios for artists (reclaimed space from an old department store), and they were able to use store fronts for gallery space. It was a great resource for local artists, and they installed two stages for community theater presentations. The most well know artist who held space at the art mall was Keith Campbell, aka scramble campbell: http://www.scramblecampbell.com/<BR/><BR/>I tried to find some more reference material for the mall, but could not locate on the Orlando Sentinal (though I know they wrote a few articles about it). <BR/><BR/>At the time, Orlando did not have a home for contemporary art, and the mall space served as a great space to house art shows. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, the mall was demolished, and then rebuilt as a bigger mall.Marcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104046917042036617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-8896753836610927852008-05-06T15:05:00.000-07:002008-05-06T15:05:00.000-07:00As a student new to museum studies, I feel validat...As a student new to museum studies, I feel validated to read about the "museum in a mall" concept of the Belmar development. I recently posted a similar idea in a class discussion about how museums can reach out to diverse audiences in their communities. I wrote:<BR/><BR/>"One way to reach diverse audiences and inspire them to learn about art and the museum's collections is to take the museum out into the community. A project to set up small exhibits in various public venues would give the general population (inherently diverse in most communities) a chance to get acquainted with the museum and its collections. Exhibits might include one large object or a few smaller ones, with accompanying text (in multiple languages, depending on the location of the exhibit) in a glass-enclosed display cabinet. Such exhibits could be set up in shopping malls, on university campuses, in lobbies of skyscrapers, in churches and temples and mosques, or even sports arenas. Museums typically have numerous objects in storage or<BR/>used in school loan programs that, when combined with some creative<BR/>exhibition design, could be put to another use in this outreach program. Objects would be chosen with an eye toward the public's likely interest, but using these exhibits as "educational advertisements" would draw attention to the museum and indicate that there are opportunities to see and learn more about its collections by visiting the museum."<BR/><BR/>Clearly, the Belmar project is more elaborate that the small, unattended exhibits I imagined, but I agree with you, Nina, that is is a very positive move for the museum and the community.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081300412027262346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37032121.post-752313380928447622008-05-06T11:44:00.000-07:002008-05-06T11:44:00.000-07:00Although not quite the same thing, I've often thou...Although not quite the same thing, I've often thought that malls were the best places for galleries and museums in suburban environments. While galleries survive in the suburbs, they hardly thrive, because the infrastructure makes the gallery a destination. And if you want to visit more than one gallery at a time, you need either a car or <I>a lot</I> of spare time.<BR/><BR/>Art in incidental spaces is key for suburban art experiences. Suburbs don't lack good art, talented artists or effective spaces -- they just lack the awareness and access that neighbouring cities are able to provide their citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com