Building a Museum From Scratch

Corey TimpsonDirector, Design + New Media & CollectionsCanadian Museum for Human Rights

Building a Museum From ScratchJust what the hell are we doing anyway?

Corey TimpsonDirector, Design + New Media & CollectionsCanadian Museum for Human Rights

Building a Museum From ScratchJust what the hell are we doing anyway?

Corey TimpsonDirector, Design + New Media & CollectionsCanadian Museum for Human Rights

Special Guests,Justin Funke & Bruce Wyman

National Museum

First outside Ottawa

National Museum

First outside Ottawa

Private to Federal

OK Go.

Non-Organic

Non-Organic Funding

Non-Organic

Building

Funding

Non-Organic

Content

Building

Funding

Non-Organic

Exhibits

Content

Building

Funding

Non-Organic

Staff

Exhibits

Content

Building

Funding

Non-Organic

Staff

Exhibits

Content

Programming

Building

Funding

Non-Organic

Staff

Exhibits

Content

Programming

Collections

Building

Funding

Non-Organic

Staff

Exhibits

Content

Programming

Collections

Building

Services

Funding

Non-Organic

Staff

Exhibits

Content

Programming

Collections

Processes

Building

Services

Funding

Non-Organic

Staff

Exhibits

Content

Programming

Collections

Policy

Processes

Building

Services

Funding

Human Rights

Human Rights

Concept

Intangible

Human Rights

Concept

Intangible

Relatively new

Human Rights

Concept

Intangible

Relatively new

Active

Perspective

Encouraging reflection and dialogue

Story Telling

Perspective

Dialogic interaction model

Story Telling

Encouraging reflection and dialogue

Reciprocal

Dialogic

Facilitation by technology

Interactive

Media and technology implications are HUGE

Media and technology implications are HUGE

Sustainability

Media and technology implications are HUGE

Media production

Media delivery

Sustainability

91 concurrent projects

All on the critical path for opening

In-Gallery

Remote

Program (ie- Library)

Operations

Risk

Ambition

Senior Staff turn-over

Thin resources

Concurrency

Opportunity

Scalability

Efficiencies in processes

Inclusive Design

Enterprise Content Management System

ECMS implications

In-gallery

Remote online

Mobile

AV/Integration

Insanity

In the weeds

Concurrency

Concordance

Hurry up and wait

JustinBruce

There is no spoon

There is no spoonStupid problems are still problems

Synchronicity of disparate ideas

Focus on implementation

We’re all smart people, we’ll just do it.

Fin

Corey TimpsonDirector, Design + New Media & CollectionsCanadian Museum for Human Rights@coreytimpson

Justin @justin_funke & Bruce @bwyman

Special Thanks to: