Let’s Get Physical (Crafting Valuable Experiences, Part 2)

As educators, we often focus on visitors’ intellectual experiences, but the physical context of a person’s experience in our museums is the starting point of their learning journey. In this episode, we consider the number thing we must do in order to convince a visitor to take an intellectual risk with us and we talk through some simple ways to improve the physical context of our programs and tours.   Key Takeaways:  When visiting a museum, people expect to experience things in the physical context, a personal context, in a social context, as well as an intellectual context. Visitors cannot take an intellectual risk if they feel physically unsafe or uncomfortable. Improving physical wellbeing makes your entire site more inclusive. For links to the books referenced in this episode, check out modernmuseumeducation.com/bookshelf. For a full transcript of this episode, visit modernmuseumeducation.com/podcast/004.