Museum 2.0
AUGUST 20, 2009
I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. Yes, some people (especially vocal museum staff!) But what about visitors?
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. Lots of flashes.
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Whole Whale
AUGUST 16, 2022
This surprised us and evokes a modern art museum vibe that is incredibly eye-catching. Rights-of-use for DALL-E-2 require that the content policy is adhered to, including limits on images evoking hate speech. Well, if you can describe that vision well enough, AI image generators can give you, and potential donors a visual. MidJourney.
Museum 2.0
NOVEMBER 14, 2007
Let’s say you wanted to find a model museum using Web 2.0 A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. A place that does all this in the context of a fairly traditional collections-based museum. It’s the Brooklyn Museum. to support programs and exhibits. Not really.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 26, 2007
The "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images" exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art manages to both celebrate and betray fair use at the same time. The anti remix message: The exhibition policy on photos: no photos are allowed in the exhibit. It's really out of our hands.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
I've added a fourth model to this citizen science typology, one may be more appropriate to facilities like museums than to scientific organizations: co-option. Visitors co-opt institutional facilities every day for their own agendas, whether to impress a date, bond with family, or work on their photography skills.
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