Museum 2.0

APRIL 21, 2020

This week we're hearing from Eastman Museum's Kate Meyers Emery. They are producing innovative online campaigns, reusing available content in creative ways, finding ways to create new content from home, and doing most of this with little to no budget, limited or no access to physical objects, and limited access to their colleagues.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The following post was originally published on the Center for the Future of Museums blog. On Wednesday, August 8, over 300 museum professionals joined CFM director Elizabeth Merritt and Seema Rao, principal of Brilliant Idea Studio , to explore self-care in the museum workplace. But effort and efficacy are not the same.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

Created by Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, a popular local dc band, this bar and restaurant is an ode to the late and great Marvin Gaye. The hottest ticket in DC has to be the National Museum of African American History & Culture. If you can score tickets, the Hirshorn Museum's Yayoi Kusama exhibit is truly a sight to behold.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Museum technology nerds: this post is for you. I've been thinking recently about distributed content experiences--ways for people to interact with museum content (art, history, science, etc.) as they make their way through the world outside the museum. At the museum? but none of them are great. At the historic site?

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. " The Role of Libraries. Additionally, 30 million library users reported going to the library for employment-related activities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (MBWML) was established in 1958 and named to honor the mother of America's first president. The museum and library preserves the rich history of the Northern Neck through its collections, exhibits, tours, and educational programs. Celebrating a Region Rich with History.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. We’ve been doing this for close to five years and have accumulated over 2,000 publications. Connections between the publications are more important than strict regional boundaries. Geography is fluid, though.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 20, 2016

When we say we want our museum to be "audience-centered," what do we mean? My career first got moving at a brilliant example of the customer-centered museum: the International Spy Museum. Many of my favorite museums, libraries, and zoos are customer-centered places. They care about visitor comfort.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2018

Take five minutes and learn how the Science Museum in London created better experiences for deaf visitors. Or how Felton Thomas fought the library union to make the Cleveland Public Library matter more. When I wrote my first book, The Participatory Museum , I released it concurrently as a paperback and free online.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Our goal is to help civic and cultural institutions become more representative OF, co-created BY, and welcoming FOR their diverse communities. The First Wave includes 6 museums, 5 performing arts organizations, 3 public libraries, 3 parks, and 3 community centers. Half are led by people of color or indigenous people.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

Dear Museum 2.0-ers, ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 15, 2016

Here's one of my favorite stories about the London Science Museum and their work to make their science shows relevant to families with deaf or hearing-impaired family members. Or the promotores at the Waukegan Public Library sharing their offerings with Latino immigrants? This chapter appears midway through the book.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? The Five-Step Process to Create an App for a Community. It also must have resources — such as an accessible dataset — available in the public domain to support the app.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Easter is a great opportunity to invite your supporters’ clan out for a fun-filled morning of treats and egg-finding in a public garden or space. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. You can also create a betting pool for good, where the winner gets a prize if they have the best bracket.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. Followers of Museum 2.0 To me, this seems both discouraging and ungenerous to visitors.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

Do you offer technology skills training or provide public access to computers? TechSoup is partnering with the International City/County Management Association ( ICMA ), WebJunction , and the Institute of Museum and Library Services ( IMLS ) to help build digitally inclusive communities. Then we want to hear from you!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Eligible nonprofits and libraries can now access discounted rates for Citrix Online's web conferencing and remote desktop services. Not sure which web conferencing tool makes sense for your nonprofit or library? The Citrix Online discount program is available to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to public libraries.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2008

When you design a new interactive, talkback station, or traditional exhibit for your museum, what best practices and design requirements do you consult? Museums don't have a well-developed body of industry-wide best practices. This creates two design problems. The solution is a design pattern library, a place where Yahoo!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When you find a bar with your favorite song on the jukebox, or a museum room that feels like your grandmother's living room, you suddenly feel a strong affinity and are able to see yourself reflected in the space. You never say, "this place is so me" when talking about a generic public space.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

But Vi doesn't work in a science museum. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, who are well known in museums for their excellent Smarthistory website and podcasts. the way the best museums do. Does this mean Khan Academy is competitive with museums? She would be the best science center educator ever.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This guest post was written by Rebecca Lawrence, Museum Educator, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsylvania. You can join the conversation in the blog comments, or on the Museum 2.0 The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center (SLHC) is a small museum located in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 22, 2008

A platform for museum staff to serve as facilitators of safe spaces for difficult conversations? Then bow your head and say a silent "tak" (that's "thank you" in Danish) to the creators of the Living Library. What is the Living Library? The Living Library is inspirational.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

AUGUST 11, 2011

They don't keep their activities secret, but very few members of the public seem to know about the amazing range of initiatives in progress at Perkins. The Perkins History Museum has an impressive collection on the history of education for people who are blind and deafblind.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

It started as a handout for a session that Stacey and I are doing at the California Association of Museums, and then I realized it was so darn useful that it was worth sharing with all of you. The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

I've long believed that museums have a special opportunity to support the community spirit of Web 2.0 This month brings three examples of museums hosting meetups for online communities: On 8.6.08, the Computer History Museum (Silicon Valley, CA) hosted a Yelp! Me: Have you ever been to this museum? meetup for Elite Yelp!

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

A woman walks into your museum. They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum. No information about who she is, why she's here, what she's looking for, and what she gets out of her connection to the museum.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

He made a comment on Michael Kaiser's fairly formulaic "great artists lead the nation" post, laying bare the banality of most of the language used to describe and present art experiences to the public. Adam and I first met in 2008, when we were part of a National Academies think tank-ish thing on the future of museums and libraries.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Workers leaving Pennsylvania shipyards, Beaumont, Texas (LOC) Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress About a month ago, the Library of Congress put two sets of photographs (about 3000 images total) up on Flickr. and it's arguably creating a more engaging, more educational experience with the content. It's the people.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yes, I was that woman on the beach with a library book about urban planning. One of my vacation goals was to think big picture about public space. I''m entrenched in a project to build a creative town square in Santa Cruz connected to my museum. Lively public space creates opportunities for social contact without commitment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. As you create or adapt your donor benefits, you may find the list compiled below helpful.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 12, 2010

There were so many fabulous recommendations for the next Museum 2.0 After much perusing, I've selected Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally by Paul C. For four weeks starting in January, each Tuesday there will be a Museum 2.0 post with a response to the book.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. Museums and the Web 2008 guest blogger Bryan Kennedy here. This multi-museum collaborative is undertaking a thoughtful process to tackle these issues.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 12, 2008

One of the surprise benefits of Saturday's Museums and Civic Discourse session was the chance to sit down with Mitch Allen of Left Coast Press (formerly AltaMira press), publisher of the Museums and Social Discourse journal among many, many other museum publications. To his credit, Mitch didn't take offense.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2007

Inventory isn't a museum activity that inspires curiosity in many visitors. This summer, the Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art ( Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde) is trying to change that. People often talk about non-collecting museums as the museums of the future. You can read more here in German.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The above slide show was created based on all the information I gathered from my network below. One of the best projects that illustrates the basic idea of Web2.0 - listening and conversation and stakeholders creating their own experience with your organization - comes from the Brooklyn Museum of Art. | View | Upload your own.

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