Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2014

Five years ago, I wrote a post arguing that museum photo policies should be as open as possible. I believe that the ability to take photographs (no flash) in a museum greatly increases many people''s abilities to personalize, memorialize, and enjoy the experience. How many museums? Reader, I was wrong. I still feel that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

One of the best personal brands that I’ve seen on Instagram from a nonprofit leader is Thomas P Campbell the CEO of the Metropolitan Museum. This shot is a painting at a museum visited during a professional conference for museums. You will see photos of Met art works as well as art in other museums. Visibility.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pin pictures of animals who need homes. Pin pictures of families who adopt animals from your shelter. Use that opportunity to get a picture with the family. Bonus for pictures of your furry friends in action chasing and playing with them. Pin pictures of people in their costumes at your holiday party carnival.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2007

The NYT article is about a photography show by artist Thomas Struth at the Marian Goodman Gallery in Manhattan. Struth takes photographs of museum-goers as they gaze, pick their noses, chat on cell phones, and fidget in front of classically great works of art. What are we looking for in a museum? We look for ourselves.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

"[T]hose of us who take pictures, even for our own personal trips, and share those pictures with friends, because we have that skill, also have an obligation to help people understand each other more completely. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe.

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