In this thesis, I explore audience participation in the curatorial role through a resident-curated exhibition at Poikilo museum in Kouvola. I begin my research as an observer during the planning of URB 2020, an urban arts festival organized by Kiasma Theatre where 2 non-professional curators curated the festival. I then examine what the museum as an institution represents to the public and how participation is a method to improve the public’s understanding of the museum and also the museum’s understanding of the public. Next I discuss how the role of the audience and role of the curator position themselves in the institution and in relation to each other. Finally, I present the resident-curated booklet. The resident-curated booklet is a compilation of five exhibitions curated by residents of Kouvola. The project was organized in Autumn-Spring 2022-2023 and was exhibited at the Poikilo Museum in Kouvola. First, I interviewed three museum workers; then I interviewed five residents who represent various key demographics of the city; finally I invited the same five residents to curate their own version of an upcoming exhibition in Poikilo Museum - Überhund - Taiteen Kiehtovat Koirat from 2nd February 2023 to 29th April 2023. The booklet was then presented during the Überhund - Taiteen Kiehtovat Koirat exhibition. URB 2020 provided a good foundation to see all the factors that are to be involved when the audience is actively a part of an institution. It helped me prepare a method to introduce the audience to the curatorial role through the resident-curated booklet. The process of the resident-curated booklet presented the artistic interests and ideas of the public. Using this participatory method, it may be possible for the museum to find out to some extent what Kouvola residents are interested in, in terms of art. Furthermore, during the curatorial process, there came up insights into social tendencies and habits; something that the museum can potentially explore and build on in the future. In the end, all of this contributes to how the Poikilo Museum and, in my case, the curator’s practice can evolve and grow.