Green Building Alliance: Tucked beneath the stately granite entrance to the world’s first Carnegie Library, an unassuming sign marks a new kind of place. Neither an exhumed monument nor a flashy modernist sculpture, MuseumLabTM makes art from decay, sculpting its history into a breathtaking demonstration of innovation and ingenuity. MuseumLab is GBA’s 2019 Vanguard award winner, and true to its name, the project is a perpetual experiment in how we provoke, evoke, and ultimately inspire.
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When the CFA college went to the Children's Museum during orientation week, I remember seeing a building that looked like a planetarium next to it and wondering, what is that? I knew it was a part of the Children's Museum, but that was about it. I researched it later and thought it was such a cool space to reuse for an even cooler idea. Makerspace and tinkering for teens is a great way to engage the community outside of young children. Some teens do not have the resources at hand to create and innovate, so it's amazing what the Children's Museum is offering. I did not know about the GBA until I googled it and now understand more about the achievements of the building. I love how they kept the building the same as when it was first built with the exposed brick and the painted columns. Its such a great idea to combine history with technology and innovation in a building for children.
Making museums into an interactive experience is the perfect way to engage all generations. Our attention spans are statistically getting shorter as technology finds new ways to distract us and keep us on their platforms; creating an interactive exhibit that engages in a creative way while still teaching & allowing for learning opportunities is the natural evolution of museums and exhibitions. I love that the author writes that “MuseumLab leaves the inescapable feeling of a building in progress.” Institutions must be willing to evolve, and sometimes that includes the physical space as well, and the fact that artists, scientists, and museumgoers alike can partake in a dialogue using the building as a canvas and a platform is so incredibly exciting, and it makes me eager to see the evolution of spaces such as these.
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