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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

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Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. Some conservators argue that if non-flash photography is permitted, light levels in the galleries may be increased to accommodate visitors' cameras, which indirectly damage artifacts. And I think the fourth and fifth are bizarre and ungenerous to visitors.

Museum 54
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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

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Some leaders are more conservative than I feared, and these people are alternately smug and desperate about maintaining their power. Dream big, share it in the comments, and help this be a more productive study. Meetings about the future end up being about the present. How do you plan for the future?

Library 20