{"id":4311,"date":"2025-09-03T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/praxisbeispiele\/crowdsourcing-ideation-campaign-your-ideas-for-our-time-together-in-the-salzburg-open-air-museum\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T09:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:48:16","slug":"crowdsourcing-ideation-campaign-your-ideas-for-our-time-together-in-the-salzburg-open-air-museum","status":"publish","type":"examples","link":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/praxisbeispiele\/crowdsourcing-ideation-campaign-your-ideas-for-our-time-together-in-the-salzburg-open-air-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdsourcing ideation campaign: \u201cYour Ideas for Our Time Together in the Salzburg Open-Air Museum\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Customer<\/strong><\/span>: Salzburger Freilichtmuseum<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CiMo Partner<\/span><\/strong>: Salzburg Research<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Challenge<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Museums traditionally know very little about their visitors. This is partly due to the nature of museum visits \u2013 purchasing a ticket typically allows for anonymous entry \u2013 but also stems from structural and historical reasons. Museums have long focused on collecting, preserving, and transmitting knowledge, while innovation and visitor engagement have often played a secondary role. In most cases, only limited data is collected \u2013 such as the number of visitors or their country of origin. Direct interaction is typically confined to the entrance (ticket counter, security) and, in the case of guided tours, during the tour itself.For open-air museums like the Salzburg Open-Air Museum, the challenge is even greater. The vast grounds, the physical separation of entrance and exit, and limited resources make it difficult to establish meaningful contact with visitors. Traditional methods such as on-site surveys are both logistically complex and cost-intensive. As a result, it has so far been nearly impossible to systematically involve visitors in shaping the future of the museum and its services. To address these challenges, Salzburg Open-Air Museum sought assistance from Crowd in Motion to organise a crowdsourcing campaign. The aim was to open up a direct channel to the museum\u2019s audience and to gather fresh, user-driven ideas for enhancing the visitor experience. <\/p>\n\n

Methods<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Taking these challenges into account, the idea campaign \u201cYour Ideas for Our Time Together in the Salzburg Open-Air Museum\u201d was set up on the open innovation idea platfrom \u201cIdeaSpace\u201d. The areas to which ideas could be submitted were: 1) Amenities during the visit, 2) Amenities before and after the visit, 3) Communication between the museum and the visitor, 4) Visitor services, and 5) Other. <\/p>\n\n

The contest was promoted on different online and offline communication channels. The target groups were regular and potential visitors of the museum, tourists, students, as well as the growing IdeaSpace community of over 2400 members. Out of 114 (!) innovative submissions, 5 ideas were selected by an interdisciplinary 19-headed expert jury in a digital evaluation process comprising three rounds, and one idea was selected by the crowd as community winner. The winning concepts, selected by the expert jury, and the community-voted favourite were honoured in the framework of an \u201cOpen Innovation Talk Award and Business Speednetworking\u201d online session on July 2, 2025. <\/p>\n\n

\ud83e\udd47 1st place: Orchard Discovery Trail \u2013 MichaelS<\/p>\n\n

\ud83e\udd48 2nd place: Open Air Escape Room \u2013 selinbilgun<\/p>\n\n

\ud83e\udd49 3rd place: Ancient Skills \u2013 New Talents \u2013 Elke<\/p>\n\n

\ud83c\udfc5 4th place: Salzburg Memory Treasure \u2013 Klaus Bernkopf<\/p>\n\n

\ud83c\udfc5 5th place: Collaborations with \u201cNew Media\u201d \u2013 Leo F\u00fcrst<\/p>\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 Community Winner Idea: The Creators Lab at the Salzburg Open-Air Museum \u2013 Christina Steinb\u00f6ck<\/p>\n\n

Read more here: Deine Ideen f\u00fcr unsere gemeinsame Zeit im Salzburger Freilichtmuseum (24.3.2025-15.5.2025) \u2013 IdeaSpace<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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Result<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n

To develop concrete next steps, an implementation workshop will follow. To finance the implementation, the client is trained on crowdfunding by the EDIH partner ISN (service nr. 39). <\/p>\n\n

Impulse for Innovation<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\n

The idea competition served as a powerful catalyst for innovation at the Salzburg Open-Air Museum. With 114 idea submissions \u2013 the vast majority with a digital component \u2013 it sparked internal discussions about how analog and digital approaches can be reimagined to enhance the visitor experience and modernize museum services. <\/p>\n\n

The competition also encouraged the staff to think outside the box and be more open to new ideas. It helped overcome internal resistance to certain concepts that had previously been discussed, as these ideas were now reinforced through external input. <\/p>\n\n

Strengthening Digital Competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Through the planning and implementation of the online campaign, museum staff gained valuable experience in digital engagement strategies. The project provided hands-on training in methods for connecting with guests both online and on-site \u2013 strengthening the museum team\u2019s confidence in using hybrid tools and participatory methods. <\/p>\n\n

Driving Digital Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Many of the submitted ideas proposed digitally supported formats \u2013 from interactive tools to new communication channels. This not only provided inspiration for future services but also laid the groundwork for the museum to expand its use of digital technologies in visitor interaction and operational development. <\/p>\n\n

Enhanced Visibility and Reputation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The open, participatory format of the campaign attracted attention from both the public and the professional community. Therefore, the museum increased its visibility, strengthened its image as an innovative and inclusive cultural institution, and positioned itself as a pioneer in community-driven development in the museum sector. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4942,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"","site-content-layout":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-4311","examples","type-examples","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/examples\/4311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/examples"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/examples"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/examples\/4311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4312,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/examples\/4311\/revisions\/4312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crowd-in-motion.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}