Opening the Door to the Entire Community
How Museums are Using Permanent Collections to Engage Audiences
Museums show how research and planning helped them use their permanent collections to increase the quantity and quality of visitor interaction.
November 1998
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- The Wallace Foundation
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37 pages
Summary
The first in a three-part series, this Wallace-commissioned report finds arts museums looking to attract a more diverse mix of visitors by re-presenting their permanent collections and building ties to their audiences’ neighborhoods. Careful research and informed planning helped these efforts.
The report stems from the Museum Collections Accessibility Initiative. This effort supported 29 fine arts museums as they sought to expand the roles they play in their communities. The initiative was launched in the 1990s by a predecessor to The Wallace Foundation.
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