Rebooting Science Museums for the 21st Century
37:46 minutes
Science and natural history museums aren’t just dioramas and dusty skeletons anymore. Around the world, museum directors are reinventing their spaces for the 21st century, taking cues from art galleries and science cafes, hackerspaces and working labs—even the great outdoors.
Segment Guests
Scott Sampson
Scott Sampson is vice president of research and collections at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado.
Ian Brunswick
Ian Brunswick is exhibition and events manager at the Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
Kirk Johnson
Kirk Johnson is director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
Beck Tench
Beck Tench is the director of innovation and digital engagement at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina.
Karen Wilkinson
Karen Wilkinson is director of The Tinkering Studio at the The Exploratorium in San Francisco, California.
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