Born to be OPTI. A new model for participatory museum management

Forfattere

  • Lorena Sancho Queroi University of Coimbra
  • Kalle Kallio Finnish Labour Museum Werstas
  • Linda Heinonen Finnish Labour Museum Werstas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.6350

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

Finnish Labour Museum, sociomuseology, participatory museum management, labour history, SoMus, OPTI Model

Sammendrag

Society in the Museum (SoMus) is a research project in the field of
sociomuseology where culture is viewed as an essential axis of developmental
processes and museums as key tools for the exercise of cultural citizenship. The
project intends to identify, analyse, systematize and disclose some of the most
interesting emerging models of participatory management underway in four
European museums. In this article we present the anatomy, the strategy and
the challenges of one of the Nordic partners, the Finnish Labour Museum, and
its current management tool, the OPTI Participatory Management Model. The
model has been adapted from the business world to serve as a critical museological
tool and to enhance participation in cultural institutions. It is a response to
the paradigmatic transition that museums face when actively engaging in a
participative culture.

Forfatterbiografier

Lorena Sancho Queroi, University of Coimbra

Ph.D., Researcher

Kalle Kallio, Finnish Labour Museum Werstas

Museum Director

Linda Heinonen, Finnish Labour Museum Werstas

MA History, Researcher

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