tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post4094666013737823613..comments2024-03-21T08:06:05.000-05:00Comments on Museum Notes : When Play’s the Thing ... 27+ Things You Can Be Doing at Your Museum Jeanne Vergeronthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07942145380538588052noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post-44261417853071955212016-12-15T05:22:39.393-06:002016-12-15T05:22:39.393-06:00Fantastic post with a tons of things we can do whe...Fantastic post with a tons of things we can do when we are in a <a href="http://madridexpert.com/madrid-private-guided-museums-tours" rel="nofollow">museum tour</a> to enjoy and have fun, thanks for share<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093432381048293679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post-91635480387000021482016-11-11T14:58:44.833-06:002016-11-11T14:58:44.833-06:00What a treat, Jen, to hear your experience of shar...What a treat, Jen, to hear your experience of sharing childhood recollections about play with colleagues. Yes, there's richness and variety there and waking up to our own preferences in reflecting on such questions. I think there are questions we are dying to be asked, but don't really know it until we are asked. Questions about play is one of them. I have used this approach to uncover "childhood autobiographies" in exploring environments we remember playing in (https://museumnotes.blogspot.com/2011/05/environmental-autobiographies.html) and what community felt like to us as children (https://museumnotes.blogspot.com/2014/10/childhood-autobiographies-community.html). Your phrase, "teach yourself to discern richness in play" is terrific; training ourselves to see and notice more in play, exhibit pathways, how visitors interact, how we listen to each other is very powerful. Thank you!Jeanne Vergeronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942145380538588052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181003345157169289.post-53677324513639102072016-11-11T07:29:47.803-06:002016-11-11T07:29:47.803-06:00Wow Jeanne! This is an amazing post, and full of...Wow Jeanne! This is an amazing post, and full of wisdom about how to teach yourself to discern richness in play. I know I will be returning to it again and again and sharing it. <br /><br /> At a recent planning meeting for next years interactivity, with a more than a dozen museums represented in the room, we started the meeting with an icebreaker suggested by Vito Gioia from Kohl - along with our name, everybody said how they like to play. There was amazing diversity in the room. And I was really surprised by my own reaction to what other people think is fun- some people said being in nature ( you have to bribe me with pastry to get me to go for a walk). A few said sports (the closest that I ever got to that kind of play was marching band). Several talked about playing with their kids. I said I like playing in my head - making things up either alone, or in conversation with others - <br /><br /> I've been thinking about that when I'm doing exhibit design, about how fun is a relative concept-and one key to getting the general public to play is to pack in myriad pathways within one exhibit.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for your blog! I always learn something.<br />Jen Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821912486617604452noreply@blogger.com