Museum 2.0
MARCH 24, 2011
Two recent events have got me thinking about pranks and unauthorized activities in museums. Improv Everywhere staged an event at the Metropolitan Museum in which an actor posing as King Philip IV of Spain signed autographs in front of his portrait, as painted by Diego Velazquez in the 1620s. I feel like it's more complicated than that.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 3, 2012
Last week, I became completely intoxicated with the online videos of Vi Hart , self-described mathemusician. Her nerdy, entertaining videos about math evoke the power of free choice learning while poking gentle fun at the drudgery of how math is often taught in school. But Vi doesn't work in a science museum.
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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.
Twenty Hats
AUGUST 18, 2020
For eight months, 30 museum-based volunteer managers gathered to explore challenges specific to their brand of volunteer engagement. The practical volunteer management skills – the supervision, the policies, the strategies – it’s easier to find instruction in these areas. My second circle was much more specialized.
Forum One
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
It might record that the user clicked play and then clicked pause after 16 seconds, or that they searched for the hours of a museum, clicked through to the information page, and stayed for 40 seconds. In our webinar, we provide step-by-step instructions! Did they watch a video, or read a blog post?
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 29, 2010
I was reminded of these two design principles when exploring the Johnny Cash Project , a crowd-created music video for a posthumous recording of Cash singing "Ain't No Grave." To construct the video, artist Chris Milk assembled images and footage of Johnny Cash in a sequence along with the song. That's hardly revolutionary.
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 4, 2011
You may have seen The Girl Effect videos. She is conducting an evaluation of a reproductive health voucher program in Uganda and Cambodia as part of her dissertation, and she co-instructs the International Maternal and Child Health Seminar, and the Maternal and Child Health Core course at UC Berkeley.
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