Full Description
With this book, museum professionals can learn how to unleash creative potential throughout their institution. Drawing from a wide range of research on creativity as well as insights from today's most creative museum leaders, the authors present a set of practical principles about how museum workers at any level—not just those in "creative positions"—can make a place for creativity in their daily practice. Replete with creativity exercises and stories from the field, the book guides readers in developing an internal culture of creative learning, as well as delivering increased value to museum audiences.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Why Creativity Matters in Museum Work; Chapter 1a Your Creative Practice, Daisaku Ikeda; Chapter 2 Building Creative Cultures, Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Chapter 3 Tools for Creative Cultures, Steve Jobs; Chapter 4 A Field-wide Creative Infrastructure, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; Chapter 5 Creative Museums, Creative Communities, Paulo Coelho; Chapter 6 Afterword Our Creative Process; Chapter 7 Pocket Guide to Creativity in Museum Practice; Chapter 8 The Get Going Game;
