Museum in a Box provides concise summaries in 3 sentences or less that provide the high level and essential information from the document. The document discusses a company called Museum in a Box, which was founded in 2015 and provides "bespoke commissions, 'Make Your Own' collections, and subscriptions" of handling collections that allow museums to engage visitors through touch. It provides examples of how the business works and institutions that have used its collections, such as the King's College and University of Leicester. The purpose of Museum in a Box is to make curated object collections portable so that museums can be created in any location.

1. Museum in a Box
A 21st Century Handling Collection
George Oates, Founder
glo@museuminabox.org @_museuminabox
Cambridge, 3 June 2019

3. 1. How did the company come about?
2. How does the business work?
3. How are people are using it?

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The Small Museum
March 2015
Somerset House, London

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Touch, see, listen, exchange,
laugh, describe, explore, question
Copy, distribute, reinterpret,
decontextualize, deconstruct,
reconstruct

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November 2015
Newington Green, London

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November 2015
Newington Green, London

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Last Thursday!!
Monroe County History Center
Indiana, USA

17. The business
1. Bespoke commissions
2. “Make Your Own”
3. Subscriptions

18. The business

19. London Borough of Camden
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28. Make Your Own
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35. Make Your Own
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36. Make Your Own
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1. Bespoke commissions
2. “Make Your Own”
3. Subscriptions

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41. King’s College & University of Leicester, with Iziko Museums

42. Bata Heritage Centre, HLF funded

43. Monroe County History Center, USA

44. Monroe County History Center, USA
“Cindy, in pink, who
usually doesn't interact
much at all, spoke more
than anyone has ever
heard her talk.“

45. King’s College & University of Leicester, with Iziko Museums

46. Smithsonian Institution, USA

47. Take your
museum
anywhere?

48. Make new
museums
everywhere?

49. Museum in a Box
A 21st Century Handling Collection
George Oates, Founder
glo@museuminabox.org
@_museuminabox