Thanks for your interest in MuseumLab for Museum Professionals! This 8-month professional learning program is designed to spark creative innovation that will make museums nimble in proactively adapting to our communities’ changing needs. Hosted through a collaborative partnership of the Association of Children’s Museums and Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and guided by a steering committee of established leaders in the museum field, the program will meld synchronous in-person and online learning with personalized coaching from experts. Participants will turn their deep questions into actionable implementation plans and receive customized support in prototyping and scaling those plans.
 
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please respond to the questions below by July 15.
 
A committee of museum leaders will review all applications and make selections based on applicants’ potential for creative and innovative work in the museum field. The committee will also seek a group of participants who bring a diversity of professional and lived experiences that will enrich group dynamics and further stimulate creativity.
 
If you have any questions about the program or application, please contact Debbie Coppula at dcoppula@pittsburghkids.org.

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* 1. Applicant Information

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* 2. Are you able to attend the one-week, in-person learning experience in Pittsburgh, PA on September 18-22? (A second in-person learning experience will be scheduled in November, as well)

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* 3. Please attach an image that demonstrates your potential for creativity and innovation or email a video or audio file (less than 1 minute) to dcoppula@pittsburghkids.org.

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* 4. How does this file demonstrate your potential for creativity and innovation?

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* 5. MuseumLab for Museum Professionals will engage participants in considering deep questions for our museums and developing innovative and creative approaches for addressing them.

Please list 1-3 questions you would like to explore as part of the MuseumLab for Museum Professionals program.

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* 6. How could innovative and creative responses to these questions benefit your museum and community?

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* 7. We are looking to support the growth of leaders who have the capacity to implement creative experiences (exhibits, programs, educational outreach and partnerships, etc.) in their organizations.

How are you positioned within your organization to implement new creative experiences?

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* 8. How could MuseumLab for Museum Professionals support you in navigating challenges you anticipate arising when implementing creative experiences?

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* 9. In our pilot year of what we hope to be a robust ongoing program, we want to learn from participants about how to design the best possible program.

What do you most hope to gain from participating in MuseumLab for Museum Professionals?

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