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Shelley's talk will explore a new initiative at the Brooklyn Museum which empowers visitors to ask questions using their mobile devices as they explore the galleries with a team of art historians and educators answering incoming queries during a person’s visit.
This three year project, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies as part of their Bloomberg Connects program, launches in June 2015. Shelley will discuss the Museum’s shift to a user-centered approach for project concept, design, and build; agile planning methodology is being used to test ideas directly with visitors. Shelley will talk about the iterative process in bringing this project to the floor and lessons learned in the early days of program.
Shelley Bernstein, Vice Director of Digital Engagement & Technology Brooklyn Museum
Shelley Bernstein is the Vice Director of Digital Engagement & Technology at the Brooklyn Museum where she works to further the Museum's community-oriented mission through digital projects. Through her work at the Museum, she explores the intersection of public participation and digital and has organized three projects— Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition, Split Second: Indian Paintings, GO: a community-curated open studio project—which enabled the public to participate in the exhibition process. She's currently working on a museum-wide digital initiative, ASK Brooklyn Museum, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies as part of their Bloomberg Connects program. In 2010, Shelley was named one of the 40 Under 40 in Crain's New York Business and her work on the Museum's digital strategy and approaches to social media have been featured in the New York Times. She can be found biking to work or driving her '74 VW Super Beetle in Red Hook, Brooklyn with her dog Teddy.