Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

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. History: Simply being around a long time has some cachet and may mean you have access to historical wisdom, knowledge, and records. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I like to ask myself this question periodically, challenging myself to find substantive ways for visitors to contribute to our museum. And when I think back on the past year, some of the most magical things that have happened at the museum have NOT been designed by us. We don't have to convince them that it's their museum.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

This summer, we''re offering some amazing museum internships, as well as MuseumCamp : a weekend-long professional development experience that is part retreat, part conference, part summer camp. INTERNSHIPS If you want to join us in Santa Cruz for more professional learning, consider an internship at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 21, 2012

How do you help visitors know what they can and cannot do in your museum? Most museums have this figured out: they have signs, they have guards, they have cases over the objects. And this works pretty well in science museums, where designers talk about "hardening" exhibits to withstand the more aggressive touchers among us.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

American Museum of Natural History - Dinosaurs - Information on fossils in the museum, different species of dinosaur, excavation stories, and more. Humane Society of the United States - Humane TV - View HSUS produced videos, stories, and other content and share with friends on social networks from within the app (iPhone).

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Every once in a while I come across a project I wish I could have included in The Participatory Museum. For one year, a group of twelve schoolchildren age 9-11 were invited to work with staff at the Wallace Collection to develop a family-focused exhibition using the museum's artifacts. it's a Secret! , What made Shh. it's a Secret!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

NPtech Colleagues: @zanarama Zan McColloch Lussier @ericamills Erica Mills @seattledrury Peter Drury photo by Akhtar. She told the story of how she created the videos herself initially, but when they started to catch on, she documented the results. Photo by Microsoft Global Citizenship.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Photo by Jon Bailiff. This summer, we opened two exhibitions at my museum that are highly relevant to local culture. Before the Princes of Surf exhibition, these boards rested deep in the collection storage of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii. Blessing of the Replica Boards, July 19, 2015, 8am. Relevance is not an end unto itself.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2009

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It is an incredible museum experience. The visitor is given a copy of her poster and the museum keeps a copy as well.

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Plus, you can use these photos in your social media posts promoting the event to entice your followers to get involved. Explore the following ideas: Consider new creative social media ideas like short-form videos on TikTok. Art & History Museums Maitland is planning a virtual 3-day online art auction for summer 2021.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums. framework, and David shared lessons learned from the huge range of projects the Holocaust Museum has initiated. Look for photos of you on Flickr and videos about you on Youtube.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture. For an added competitive level of fun, have each attendee send a cute photo of their pet. This can take place via livestream or with a video conferencing platform. BONUS – See this idea in action!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. First, make sure that your nonprofit uses a well-designed, visually-striking profile photo a.k.a. If you are a location-based nonprofit, such as a museum or zoo, then also add your address. Post Eye-catching Photos. Verified Badges. In addition, apply to get verified.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2009

You can see or download my slides and you can watch the video of the talk. Unsurprisingly, some of my favorite museums are small, funky places run by iconoclasts—but that’s not useful to most professionals who work for organizations in which they have little control over size or leadership matters. It’s nice to have both.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They take care of your facility, give tours of your museum, welcome attendees to your annual gala, and pass out medals at fundraising races. Try sharing blog posts about a recent volunteer opportunity, sharing photos of your volunteers, or giving star volunteers a social media shout out. Do so frequently.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 14, 2011

In 1990, educator and cultural critic Neil Postman described a museum as "an answer to a fundamental question: what does it mean to be a human being?" Without an explicit "I" voice, the museum's perspective on humanity is oblique to say the least. Welcome to Pine Point is not a museum project.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

Helene Moglen, professor of literature, UCSC After a year of tinkering, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History is now showing an exhibition, All You Need is Love , that embodies our new direction as an institution. Note: you can view these photos of the exhibition on Flickr here.) The Love Lounge I LOVE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2017

Museum Visitor Experience. Museums have been all over bots on other platforms, see the Momabot on Twitter for example. So, it comes as no surprise that Museums have been early adopters of Facebook Messenger Bots. The Australia Democracy Museum also has a Facebook Messenger Bot, with similar objectives. The Pop Bot.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

When will you have the time to go back through hours of video to find and edit the interesting or meaningful parts. Photos matter. As of Febuary 2011 however, they have added a feature that goes a step beyond: streetview history. This is often referred to as life caching or lifelogging. But what’s the point? The fold matters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Branding themselves as the “Play” button for the Web, Wibbitz automatically converts text-based posts and articles into engaging, interactive videos so your supporters “never have to read again.” Vine is Twitter’s mobile app that can be used to create and share 6-second videos on Twitter. Vine :: vine.co.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Here's the basic idea: while you are at the museum, you save digitizable content--either content you make (photos of yourself) or content you collect (museum-supplied text or media of interest). How can museums improve on this personal webpage strategy? The US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Take Action website does this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I have a lot of conversations with people that go like this: Other person: "So, you think that museums should let visitors control the museum experience?" Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? Me: "Sort of." and my emphatic response is YES.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Animoto enables users to turn their photos, video clips, and music into videos that can be uploaded to YouTube and shared on the Social Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

Leveraging a DonorSearch integration , you can identify supporters with a rich history of philanthropic giving and a high giving capacity. Google Meet – Best free event livestreaming tool Overview: Google Meet is a free video-conferencing tool. Post photos and videos to your event page to generate interest.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 8, 2008

When museum professionals talk about extending the museum experience, they’re usually talking about post-visit experiences. Personalized websites with photos from the visit. But for most contemporary museum-goers, the pre-visit happens on the web. What’s the most used portion of your museum website?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Best Looking Emails: This is a tie between the Museum of Modern Art and charity: water for showing that you can still design beautiful emails despite all the constraints. The year in photos: Time to be bold. Be part of our heroic history. 10 photos that inspired us this year. Video: Dogs Cut Open and Left to Die.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 9, 2013

A cult of linearity has dominated content on the web, with implications about how we think about effective storytelling both online and in museums. The photos, videos, and maps are not distractions; they are embedded wisely in terms of size, frequency, and length. What have you observed?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2014

Like a lot of organizations, our museum sends out a weekly email to folks who are interested in upcoming events, exhibitions, and happenings at our museum. At the same time, we generate some pretty great digital documentation (mostly photos and videos ) from recent events. marketing Museum of Art and History web2.0'

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2019

letting museum visitors contribute and collaborate in museums), I now see this as a crucial issue also for more democratic and inclusive practice (i.e. Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? Me: "Sort of." and my emphatic response is YES.

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