DIY PressKit — MICRO

DIY PRESS KIT

What is MICRO?

MICRO is a nonprofit redesigning museums for a culturally decentralized future. We believe in facilitating equal access to fundamental knowledge by squeezing great ideas and stories into museums that can go anywhere. MICRO works with designers, scientists, and storytellers to create and place six-foot-tall museums in high-impact public spaces like transit hubs, community centers, and hospital waiting rooms.

What is MICRO DIY?

MICRO is responding to an increase in remote learning by launching MICRO DIY: a new initiative for builders of all ages to curate their own museum on a single topic, with materials from their own homes. Through a freely accessible, low-tech guidebook, MICRO DIY will encourage builders to think critically about the world and dive deeper into issues that interest them.

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Have you ever wondered how lightbulbs work, why everyone tells you to wash your hands, or how your dog thinks?

Find the answers to your most curious questions with MICRO DIY: a free at-home initiative for builders of all ages to curate a museum, with materials from their own homes. Access the DIY worksheets at micro.ooo/DIY.

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MICRO is a nonprofit building a fleet of six-foot-tall museums installed in high-impact public spaces like transit hubs, community centers, and hospital waiting rooms. Now that people are at home, MICRO is bringing systems thinking and museum learning to you, with MICRO DIY. What kind of museum would you build at home?

Access the free DIY worksheets at micro.ooo/DIY.

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Announcing MICRO DIY, a new initiative from our partners/friends @ _____ [tag MICRO]! MICRO’s free at-home initiative allows builders of all ages to curate their own museum, with materials from their own homes.

Access the DIY worksheets at micro.ooo/DIY.

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We are excited to share the launch of MICRO DIY from our partners @ _____ [tag MICRO]! With MICRO’s free new initiative you can curate your own museum using materials from your home.

Build a museum about acorns, copyright law, ice cream, slime mold, doggos or anything in between! Access the DIY worksheets at micro.ooo/DIY.

What do acorns, copyright law, ice cream, slime mold and doggos all have in common? They are all MICRO DIY museums – made at home!

What kind of museum should be next? Build your own MICRO museum with free worksheets at micro.ooo/DIY.

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Have you ever wished there was a museum about your favorite pastime? A display about your favorite type of music or food? Is there a topic you have always wanted to learn about? [choose a question or a series of questions] Build your own museum at home with MICRO DIY!

MICRO DIY is a series of worksheets that guide builders of all ages through curating a museum on a single topic, with materials from their own homes. Access the free DIY worksheets at micro.ooo/DIY.

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