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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

While doing research, I found myself digging back into old arguments on museum listservs about photo policies and I want to add my two (very opinionated) cents on this. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. Conservation: Objects may be damaged by flash photography. But what about visitors?

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LACMA's Magritte Exhibition: This is not fair use

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The pro remix message: Culture is well-served by liberal rules that let one person remix another's creation. The anti remix message: The exhibition policy on photos: no photos are allowed in the exhibit. Does it want to inspire us to remix Magritte, or warn us off the idea of reproduction without permission?