Keynote given at Taiwan's International Conference on Museums and Cultural Democracy, 7 October 2022
https://museum-conference.nstm.gov.tw/2022/En/
Full title:
Open Access is just the first step
How to build relevance and democratic engagement with cultural heritage
1. msa@smk.dk
@msanderhoff
Open Access is just the first step
How to build relevance and democratic engagement with open cultural heritage
Museums for Cultural Democracy, Taiwan
6 October 2022
2. National Gallery of Denmark
Western art from 1300 to present day
260,000 artworks
66 % in public domain
3. We want to be a catalyst
of users’ creativity
SMK’s first digital strategy
2008
5. “Being the national gallery and main
art museum in Denmark , SMK carries an important
responsibility towards the entire country and beyond.
The vast collection of 700 years of art is common
national property and ideally, everyone who lives in
Denmark share a sense of ownership to this unique
cultural heritage.
“
6. “Our work is based on the conviction that the artworks
in our rich collection has a role to play in the society
that surrounds us, through its ability to deepen our
understanding of the world, its peoples and histories.
We believe that the development museums have
undergone in the past decades holds the key to engage far
more, and more diverse people than we reach today.
“
7.
8. The museum as a platform
for cultural democracy
Our online collection is a key resource
open.smk.dk
18. SMK KOM
Community of people from all over the world who want to
learn Danish or help others practice their language skills
Weekly meetups at the museum since 2017-22,
online during Covid19 lockdowns
Conversations centered around ‘the common third’ – the art
19. SMK Fridays
Monthly evening events
Free entrance for all
Turn the museum into an
experimental cross-cultural lab
21. We at SMK
Online forum for young people with cancer
Creative exercises based in SMK artworks
Sharing experiences based in the common third
Partnership with PS! - a writers school
for mentally vulnerable
22. Asger Jorn, modification of a drawing by
Renoir, 1948-49, SMK
“I experienced that there is
a forum for people like me,
and that you can use a museum
in different ways.
We at SMK made us get active.”
Emma, participant
23. Art and Culture for All
Creative workshop at summer camps for socially disadvantaged families
Workshop and tour of SMK for the families
Children’s Workshop in-a-bag to take home
150 children and their parents participated in 2021
Reaching families who don’t normally relate to museums
24. Young People’s Art Labs
Community of young people
Weekly meetups at SMK
Creative interventions based in the collection
31. Wiki Labs Culture
Monthly meetups physical and virtual
Co-creation of an open knowledge source
Volunteers and heritage professionals
collaborate as peers