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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

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To me, an open photo policy is a cornerstone of any institution that sees itself as a visitor-centered platform for participatory engagement. Of course, museums shouldn't let marketing desires, popular opinion, or cultural forces drive all decisions. And I think the fourth and fifth are bizarre and ungenerous to visitors.

Museum 54
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Pointing at Exhibits, Part 2: No-Tech Social Networks

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When I wrote about this in 2008, I focused on the question of how to design exhibits to be optimized for "pointiness." She can choose to "send" her favorites to individuals, or to broadcast them to the whole network of people using the system. Of course, the riskiness of the exchange also makes stranger-to-stranger pointing quite rare.