Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Between high-altitude hijinks, run-ins with wildlife, and very long days of hiking, I finished John Falk's new book, Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience. In other words, if you are a curious person, you will go to museums to learn new things.

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Museum Maslow Facilitation Personal 28

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 16, 2012

You can connect with her at feedmedarling.com and on Twitter @megworden. ** During a nutrition summit last year in New York, I was listening to Deepak Chopra speak (which was awesome), and he was talking about different kinds of happiness. And it’s a sweet life to have been able to turn service into a supportive business model.

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Fun Feeds Delicious Blogher 69

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2018

Their evangelism makes them creative, courageous hustlers when it comes to inviting new people into their work. It seems pushy, or gauche, to insist that passersby check out the art center or adopt environmental habits. The majority of the churches they plant are in New York--the exact same city where Redeemer operates.

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People Community Organization Podcast 32

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2007

Last week, there was a New York Times article about the recently opened Ripley’s Believe It Or Not and Madame Tussauds attractions in Times Square. Heck, sign me up for a ticket to the zombie museum. But when I took off my “entertainment” glasses and put on my museum eyes, my reaction wasn’t amusement. It was distaste.

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Model Museum Blended New York 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

I met one of these data artists last year while visiting a friend/journalist at the New York Times. His name is Mark Hansen, a UCLA statistician, and he was working on the finishing touches of the installation of Moveable Type in the lobby of the new Times building (shown above).

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Design Data Artist New York 20

Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

This week, thoughts on Chapter 12 of Elaine Gurian’s book Civilizing the Museum , "Threshold Fear: Architecture program planning." In this essay, Elaine discusses the various barriers to entry for non-traditional visitors to museums, that is, the threshold fear that keeps such potential visitors from walking in our doors.

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People Museum San Jose Chapter 20

Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2014

By Jen Leavitt, Arts and Cultural Consultant. . About a year ago, the Dallas Museum of Art did something truly innovative. The museum’s memberships have tripled in the past year. Dallas Museum of Art has taken the concept of website and email marketing metrics and made them analogue.

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Dallas Museum Arts New York City 38

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Wilbur considered the post “a very special trust,” (123) and set up a partnership model that “emphasized cooperation, integrity, and credibility, that way we could set some standards for other preservation efforts” (124). [1]. Art Risser never moved, and he never raised his hand — even when they mentioned him by name. she said. “Is

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California San Diego Impact Story 95

Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2008

How is a museum like a radio station? Both are collections of discreet, loosely organized content pieces that are both familiar and new. Your overall enjoyment of the content experience is determined to a large extent by the balance of items you like and those you don’t, those you know and those that are new. new to me and b.

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Collaboration Music Museum Articulate 20

Museum 2.0

JUNE 11, 2014

This post was written by my colleague Nora Grant, Community Programs Coordinator at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Pop Up” has become an international buzz term to describe ephemeral, experimental projects--from pop up restaurants to pop up boutiques--but a “Pop Up Museum” is still somewhat mystifying.

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Museum Grant Lesson History 49

Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Has your museum debated the merits of paid staff over volunteers? Even though a great many museums evolve from volunteer-led organizations to employee-driven ones, the two roles are not interchangeable – we’ll discuss the distinctions in a moment. Volunteering is a powerful point of entry for an individual into a museum.

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Volunteer Museum Roles New Hampshire 57

Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2008

No, these are neither the words of a self-important curator nor a well-spoken museum director. the crowd-curated photo exhibition now open at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. It is a substantive research contribution by the museum to the social technology field at large. s about data, and making the data visual.

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Museum Artist Photography Arts 20

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I was talking this week with Mark Allen, the founder of Machine Project (an alternative arts space in LA), about different models for community engagement in cultural institutions. For example, consider two independent arts organizations in Los Angeles -- Machine Project and The Public School.

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Voice Los Angeles Denver Museum 42