Summary: “You have to earn your necessary-ness” Vice President of Exhibition and Design at the Miami Science Museum Sean Duran talks about how in the world of making exhibits for museum nothing is ever completely finished. He talks about balancing that element of incompleteness with the public’s expectation of a finished product whenever someone puts something out for an audience. Plus, Sean talks about preparing to move from an old building that the museum has outgrown into a much larger complex that will allow them to do things they’ve never done before. “Don’t try to squeeze people into a box they felt uncomfortable in in the first place" Sean talks about the collaborative nature of creating ideas for museum exhibits, building museum audience experiences, and delivering programs for audiences. And he talks about the strength and power that comes from have communication and collaboration between people with vastly different areas of expertise and focus. Plus, Sean talks about how exciting the communities in Miami are because there is a constant change over of a significant portion of the population every year. And how that can make it difficult to build a relationship with audiences. “When she joined the family team she made it more evident for me how things have to work” Sean talks about being the father of an 8 year old and how much ownership she feels over the work he does. He talks about how having a daughter has helped him to change how he views museum exhibits and museum audiences and enhanced his connections with them. And Sean talks about how the personal relationships in his life impact how he thinks about the needs of the audiences his work is serving.
