Personal Museum

For teams who want to share a little of themselves through a small personal exhibit.

Format
In person, at your site
Length
90 minutes to half day
Topic
Team Building & Connection

About this session

A privacy-first curation workshop. Participants choose an object, photo or stand-in they are comfortable sharing, decide a curatorial lens, write a concise museum-style label, arrange a temporary display and explore colleague-created exhibits through a gallery walk.

Spoken context, Q&A and physical objects remain optional.

What your people take away

  • Choose a curatorial lens for one small exhibit
  • Select an artifact, photo or stand-in
  • Write a concise museum-style label
  • Arrange, edit and pack down a temporary display

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  • What each length covers, 90 minutes to half day
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What each length covers

90 minutes

90 Minutes — Personal Museum

Choose an object, image or stand-in, build a clear museum label, arrange a focused mini-exhibit and open the room for a participant-controlled gallery walk.

  • Curatorial planning

Covers 1 of 2 parts: Curatorial planning.

Half day

Half Day — Personal Museum Studio

Develop a richer temporary exhibition through artifact selection, museum-label editing, exhibit construction, visitor testing and a final Personal Museum Gallery.

  • Curatorial planning
  • Gallery experience

Covers all 2 parts.

What’s covered

Curatorial planning

Every length

Lens and artifact

  • Selecting a small story rather than a whole life
  • Choosing a physical object, photo, drawing or stand-in
  • Deciding what the exhibit is really about
  • Keeping personal disclosure participant-controlled

Label and display

  • Writing a short museum-style label
  • Giving visitors enough context, not everything
  • Arranging a small temporary exhibit
  • Editing what does not help the visitor

Gallery experience

Half day only

Gallery walk

  • Exploring colleague-created exhibits
  • Letting the label do useful work
  • Optional spoken context
  • Optional visitor questions that can be declined

Boundaries and pack-down

  • No requirement to tell a life story
  • No mandatory guided tour or public speaking
  • Creator-controlled object handling and photography
  • Temporary exhibition pack-down and optional personal record

How booking works

  1. Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
  2. Pick a date. Choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or book now and set the date later.
  3. Choose your expert. Within 3 working days, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date.
  4. We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.

Questions about Personal Museum

How long is Personal Museum?

Personal Museum runs as 90 minutes or half day. You choose the length when you book. A 90-minute session covers Curatorial planning. A half-day session adds Gallery experience.

Can Personal Museum be delivered online or in person?

It is delivered in person, at your site, in any country.

How do we book Personal Museum?

Create a free Workbliss profile with your work email, then open Personal Museum to see the price for each length and book it. You can pay with session credits, by card or by invoice, and choose a date at least 14 days ahead, or set it later.

Who leads the session?

A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.

Can it be tailored to our company?

Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.