Museum ParticipationGenuine participation is about much more than simply taking part. But many museums commitment to engagement and participation remains at this superficial level. Larger museums, in particular, struggle to engage with their communities in genuinely participatory ways. And often, although the museum may be committed to social change it has difficulty in changing itself. So what does true participation involve? The sharing of authority, decision making

• Helen Graham | Centre for Critical Studies in Museums

as well as new initiatives aiming to impact and change museums from the outside

The State of Museums: Voices from the Field

Helping rehabilitate young offenders…

Experimentarium

MIDE (Museo Interactivo de Economía)

is never merely an economic system

The underlying theme of this book is the excitement

Annette Mees

and vital partners in realizing the mission of the school

Laura Wexler

Collecting the Contemporary: A Handbook for Social History Museums is a major new publication which addresses one of the most fundamental issues facing today’s history museums: why and how to engage with contemporary collecting