Pop-up museums[edit]

A concept developed in the 1990s, the pop-up museum is generally defined as a short term
institution existing in a temporary space.[87]These temporary museums are finding increasing favor
among more progressive museum professionals as a means of direct community involvement with
objects and exhibition. Often, the pop-up concept relies solely on visitors to provide both the objects
on display and the accompanying labels with the professionals or institution providing only the theme
of the pop-up and the space in which to display the objects, an example of shared historical
authority. Due to the flexibility of the pop-up museums and their rejection of traditional structure,
even these latter provisions need not be supplied by an institution; in some cases the themes have
been chosen collectively by a committee of interested participants while exhibitions designated as
pop-ups have been mounted in places as varied as community centers and even a walk-in
closet.[88] Some examples of pop-up museums include:

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH), which currently hosts collaborative Pop Up
Museums around Santa Cruz County.

Museum Of New Art (MONA)- founded in Detroit, Michigan in 1996 this contemporary art
museum is generally acknowledged to be the pioneer of the concept of the pop-up museum.[88]

The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History- a series of pop-up museum events held at various sites
across the United States focusing on the history and stories of local LGBT communities.[89]

Denver Community Museum- a pop-up museum that existed for nine months during 2008-9,
located in downtown Denver, Colorado.[90]

Museum of Motherhood, currently located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Has extended past
its original close date & is seeking a permanent home.

Mobile museums[edit]
Mobile museum is a term applied to museums that make exhibitions from a vehicle- such as a van.
Some institutions, such as St. Vital Historical Society and the Walker Art Center, use the term to
refer to a portion of their collection that travels to sites away from the museum for educational
purposes. Other mobile museums have no "home site", and use travel as their exclusive means of
presentation. University of Louisiana in Lafayette has also created a mobile museum as part of the
graduate program in History. The project is called Museum on the Move.