Museum 2.0
MARCH 6, 2013
I write this piece in good faith about the organizations I know best: museums. The vast majority of American museums are institutions of white privilege. The popular reference point for what a museum is--a temple for contemplation--is based on a Euro-centric set of myths and implies a white set of behaviors.
Care2
JANUARY 13, 2012
Pinterest users are looking for ideas and inspiration. I thought I’d take the examples Joe as a challenge and see how many creative nonprofit Pinterest Board ideas and use-cases I can come up with. Steal these 42 Creative Pinterest Ideas for Nonprofits. If you're a museum, zoo, or aquarium: 19.
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Museum 2.0
JULY 16, 2019
Visitor (though, really my child) at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK As I said, last week, I’ve been to a travelin’ girl for the last couple of years. So, instead, I am offering 3 posts this month about what I learned from visiting more than 300 museums. Last week, I talked about what I learned about museum workers.
Museum 2.0
DECEMBER 7, 2017
I first read about Story House Belvédère on Jasper Visser’s excellent blog, The Museum of the Future. I visited Story House Belvédère as part of the new Intangible Cultural Heritage and Museum Projects I am involved in. City officials doubted the idea of an exhibition in the public space in a part of town they considered dangerous.
Museum 2.0
MARCH 13, 2013
Visitor-contributed photos surround a collection piece in Carnegie Museum of Art's Oh Snap! so I was intrigued when I heard about a recent success from Jeffrey Inscho, Web and Digital Media Manager at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The museum selected and is featuring 13 works recently added to our photography collection.
Whole Whale
AUGUST 16, 2022
Creative Ideas for Social Impact Imagery. This surprised us and evokes a modern art museum vibe that is incredibly eye-catching. AI image generators will not put designers out of a job in the same way that digital photography done on iphones didn’t put photographers out of a job. Public link: [link]. Also, whales!
Museum 2.0
JULY 1, 2011
I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. But the point is that the MAH, like just about every other museum in the known universe, was content to define the museum experience as something removed from the outside world, a rarefied church-like space of refined artistic reflection.
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