Discussing “Participation and the Post-Museum”

What is a post-museum? Is museum participation really all that it’s geared up to be? How can museums – seen as gatekeepers of knowledge – really open up their collections and programming to the public? Or maybe they shouldn’t?“In the book I show that museums are overusing the word participation, that they're inviting people to do collaborate and contribute while keeping their authoritarian position,” says Jagodzińska.“But even if that is so, it is wonderful that more and more museums are deciding to open up, breaking from their traditional way of functioning, to leave their buildings and go beyond the museum walls,” she continues, sitting in the luscious grounds of the Royal Łazienki Museum in the centre of Warsaw.The book was published by Routledge in 2025. This podcast was produced in the frame of and as an outcome of the European Heritage Hub pilot project co-funded by the European Union.