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Brittin Romero posted a reply on Re: Museum Class Pop-ups
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Said: Have you considered/is it possible to have your staff build buy-in by helping develop the pop-ups themselves? Our children's museum also moved to regular pop-ups and storytime (as well as music time) to keep staff and audiences engaged....
Meegan Sims posted a reply on Re: Museum Class Pop-ups
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Said: Thank you so much, Madeline! We've done a similar approach in the past although it wasn't as in-depth as your process. I'm willing to try it, though!
Madeline Hobart posted a reply on Re: Museum Class Pop-ups
Monday, Dec 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Said: Howdy Neighbor! For us, we've found pre-made kits and pop-ups work great for people who aren't around consistently, such as volunteers, but not as much for long-term employees where it becomes white noise. We've had similar problems wit...
Christine Santoro posted a reply on Re: Educational/ Exhibit Master Plans: Looking ...
Monday, Dec 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Said: I want to learn about a museum exhibit master plan, too.
Meegan Sims posted a new Topic
Monday, Dec 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Museum Class Pop-ups
Hi everyone!
Like many of you, at the Sacramento Children's Museum we have daily classes or "pop-ups" that run between 15-30 minutes and focus on different activities such as STEM, art, culture, music, etc. Content-wise, we are continuously developing new activities that use different ways to engage our visitors aged 0-8 (which is our target audience). However, there is an ongoing lack of motivation among our play facilitators to run those pop-ups.
We...
Like many of you, at the Sacramento Children's Museum we have daily classes or "pop-ups" that run between 15-30 minutes and focus on different activities such as STEM, art, culture, music, etc. Content-wise, we are continuously developing new activities that use different ways to engage our visitors aged 0-8 (which is our target audience). However, there is an ongoing lack of motivation among our play facilitators to run those pop-ups.
We...
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