This TEDxSantaCruz talk is one of 16 surrounding our theme of "Open" at the second full-day TEDxSantaCruz event held September 15, 2012 at the Cabrillo College Crocker Theater in Aptos, CA...
========== Translator: Kaoru Suzuki
Reviewer: Denise RQThank you.I want to be real up-front about the fact
that I am an activist about this stuff.I want to share with you today
the passion of my professional workwhich is about opening up museums,turning them into places that are not
just places where people come to visitbut where you can actively participate,
where you can connect with culture,and hopefully, through these experiences
connect more deeply with each other.The problem is that for most people,
museums are not seen as open spaces.Museums are seen as elite institutions.New York.(Laughter)They're seen as elite institutionsthat serve an increasingly small
and limited subset of our population.So when most people go
looking for a cultural experience,they don't...
