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Session: Don't Judge a Book Club by Its Cover: Reimagining the Museum as a Third Place to Cultivate CommunityMonday, April 79:15 - 10:30 AM Location: Ithaca Downtown Conference Center About: At a time when one in three Americans increasingly struggle with loneliness, museums have unique opportunities to act as “Third Places,” bringing people together and creating community. Discover how The Whaling Museum’s themed “Beyond the Book” program, a newly formed book club and partnership with local libraries, helped a new adult audience grow while finding creative opportunities to showcase the museum’s historic collection in novel and inclusive contexts. Staff will share cross-disciplinary content ideas, marketing examples, successes, challenges, and lessons learned to help you gain inspiration for your own literary-based public programming for adult groups.Presenters: Brenna McCormick, Curator of Education, Whaling Museum & Education Center Brenna McCormick-Thompson is the Curator of Education at the Whaling Museum & Education Center in Cold Spring Harbor, NY where she delights in developing exciting and unexpected programs that engage museum visitors with Long Island's maritime past. With more than 10 years of experience in museum education, Brenna’s previous work includes roles at Historic Hudson Valley, the New-York Historical Society, Royal Museums Greenwich, and the South Street Seaport Museum. |
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