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museums for all really directly addresses something I think it's in the
air that we've all been talking about issues of equity issues of diversity
every institution should be taking down those barriers that keep members of the
community from using your resources by creating a space where financial
accessibility is not a barrier we are practicing the efforts of wrapping our
arms around a wider demographic in our community and by opening up the door for
folks to be able to participate is really a revolutionary act I think the
museum's for all has allowed us to really demonstrate our values and our
mission as an organization that we are a part of the community and that we are an
inclusive and accessible organization one of the things that we've done at the
Orlando Science Center is we formed an advisory board made up of community
members what's helped us connect into the community in deeper and more
authentic ways this is very exciting to get to see people from all walks of life
from all around the community to feel comfortable and feel that this museum is
their museum since the launch of the initiative of museums for all we have
had over 3,000 people purpose for a year come and visit the museum for many of
these individuals and families they can only visit once every quarter or year
and other coming on a bi-weekly basis the museum's for all initiatives
provides a real opportunity to radiate of a museum in a library and to allow
individuals of all backgrounds and all ages to come and experience the beauty
of our museum's favorite positive results of our participation in the
museum's for all program I think has been enabling members of our communities
who may not otherwise have been able to afford a visit an opportunity to learn
about their history and to learn about Pennsylvania stories
there's definitely been some tangible benefits in joining the museum's for all
initiative its marketable of course the most important thing is that were
managing to reach out to that demographic that ordinarily wouldn't be
able to come and visit the museum and one of our most common phone calls is
this seems too good to be true is it really any day of the year and we're
gonna get exactly the same experience as someone who paid full price and to be
able to say yes and have them visit and then have them share their experience
and their photos with us after the visited is really inspiring perhaps the
biggest benefit that our museum has seen from being in museums for all is the
partnerships that we've developed working together with three other
museums in Mizzou has been an incredibly easy way to partner together in
providing a benefit to our collective community that goes way beyond what one
of our organizations can provide alone museums have so much to offer everyone
in their communities whether it be just that the overall experience you know a
great social time with family and friends and you know even a little fun
learning in there as well there are so many benefits of museum visits for
children they can provide memorable learning experiences ignited machination
it is even more important to introduce children to museums at a young age just
having access to museum visitation is so important thinking in regards to
children's museums if we can get those lifelong museum visitors engaged really
early I think they're going to stay in the museum world for the rest of their
lives the museum's for all program has brought
a whole new sector of our community into our museum
the and we're finding that these visitors are coming back time after time
I believe that a machine visa can inspire the development of new skills
and interest and ignite creativity that's enriching and changing someone's
life but also because it creates deeper roots and community genuine connections
with other cultural institutions across the country and opportunities to reach
into community extend genuine invitations in and reframe who museums
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