A Brief Guide to Thinking Routines
Interested in using Project Zero thinking routines as a questioning framework to structure and support your art and object discusions? Not quite sure where to… Read More »A Brief Guide to Thinking Routines
Claire Bown
10 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Asking Questions
We spend our days asking questions, but most of us never actually spend any time honing our questioning skills. For some people questioning comes easily.… Read More »10 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Asking Questions
How to Ask Brilliant Questions that Get Results
How can you easily make your guided museum experiences more engaging and more interactive? By asking brilliant questions that get results. When you ask insightful,… Read More »How to Ask Brilliant Questions that Get Results
Stuck in a Tour Rut? 6 Tips to Refresh your Guided Tour
Are you looking forward to leading your tours this year? Are you getting excited by the thought of the new season starting? If you’re… Read More »Stuck in a Tour Rut? 6 Tips to Refresh your Guided Tour
Core facilitation tools to make your museum programmes more interactive
In my previous post on facilitation skills, ‘A Quick Guide to Facilitation Skills on Guided Tours‘, I talked about the many skills required to being… Read More »Core facilitation tools to make your museum programmes more interactive
Slow-Looking: In-Depth Experiences with Art and Museum Objects
Much has been written about the power of art works, objects, artefacts to inspire, provoke curiosity and interest. It is generally accepted that looking at… Read More »Slow-Looking: In-Depth Experiences with Art and Museum Objects
A Quick Guide to Facilitation Skills
During my workshops teaching the Thinking Museum® Approach, I introduce participants to the 8 Practices associated with the method. One of these is facilitation. What… Read More »A Quick Guide to Facilitation Skills
How to Use Visible Thinking Routines on Guided Tours
Routines are an important part of the guided tour experience. As you welcome guests or visitors at the start of a tour, you will take… Read More »How to Use Visible Thinking Routines on Guided Tours
Visual Thinking Strategies and Visible Thinking
Visible Thinking and Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) often get confused. Here are some of the differences and similarities between the two frameworks. So, deep breath, here we… Read More »Visual Thinking Strategies and Visible Thinking
Designing engaging museum experiences for adults
When we talk about engagement in the museum, we are often referring to engaging young people, teenagers, non-traditional museum-goers and school groups. However, museums are… Read More »Designing engaging museum experiences for adults