Tykhonova, Olga, Kucheruk, Olga, Carabelea, Ana-Maria, Armitage, Lucy, van den Berg, Bart, Berghmans, Stephane, Butts, Susan, Crain, Brendan, Dinkins, Stephanie, Flemons, Paul, Gabriel, Karin, Ganley, Christopher, Gorr, Claudia, Honkanen, Seppo, Karim, Talia, Kingston, Adrian, Kurenmaa, Ari, Myllykoski, Mikko, Schößler, Tom, Selänniemi, Tom, Stevenson, Kate, Tribolet, Audrey, Tyystjärvi, Kati, White, Caroline, and Wösten, Hedwig
The Sparkles Reportlooks into the ingredients for healthier partnerships, the possibilities and challenges of collaborative processes, and the prerequisites for the (re)development of business and revenue models within the museum sectorthrough inspiring stories of institutional creativity, courage and vulnerability. In a field where no two institutions are alike, the report abolishesthe wording “best practice”. Rather than looking for superlatives, we focus on cases that bring “sparkles” of inspiration and learning and maybe even trigger a bit of discomfort as they go too far off the business-as-usual track. Sparkles – the cases we highlight - bring examples of how to understand digital as an enabler, rather than the driver of institutional innovation, thus avoiding technology-only reforms. Learnings are derived both from what may be deemed as success stories and “wrong-turns” taken, as well as experimental and iterative projects still in the making. Thisreport is designed as a dynamic tool and a satellite to the DOORS Incubation Programme, rather than a static deliverable. DOORS is a two-stage incubation programme for small and medium-sized museums initiated by Ars Electronica, MUSEUM BOOSTER and Ecsite. DOORS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101036071.