What if every museum were more like ... a children’s museum?

Why is play “agnostic”? Can you design an entire museum for every generation, all at the same time? How are children’s museums like (and not like) other museums? How did they get that way? Wait, could we make an entire exhibition out of nothing but cardboard boxes? What is “co-learning”? And why don’t more museum people visit … other people’s museums?

Along the way: teaching artists, art teachers, and what we really mean by “caregiver.”

Talking Points:

1. Children’s museums, then and now
2. See the word “museum” differently
3. Play is agnostic
4. Designing for multiple generations
5. Caregivers as co-learners
6. Why professionals should visit other museums

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Guest Bio:

Edwin Link, M.Ed., serves as the Executive Director of Children’s Museum of Atlanta, where he applies his 18 years of experience in the nonprofit, arts, education, children museums, and youth development sectors.  His experience includes developing and executing national initiatives focused on serving families in under-resourced communities, building community responsive experiences that create joy and wonder, building strategic partnerships, driving revenue to support strategic objectives, and identifying and implementing change management processes for operational efficiency.

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