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March 2009 Blog Posts (9)

CFP: Materiality and Intangibility: contested zones

N.B. Note extended deadline for abstracts.

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Materiality and Intangibility: contested zones

An international two-day symposium for PhD students and early career researchers.

Provisionally scheduled for 24th and 25th September 2009 (subject to change)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Venue: TBC, Leicester, UK.

Museums are all about the material world; the display and preservation of objects and of art, their representation… Continue

Added by Amy Barnes on March 27, 2009 at 1:01am — 4 Comments

Can something be done about these "help moving" posts?

What's the deal with that?

Added by New Curator on March 23, 2009 at 10:02pm — 3 Comments

Sara Levi Willis - the Magnes Museum and the voice of empathy .

The Twitter ecology is starting to really intrigue me . I especially like the way stories can do the rounds, fade away, and then resurface again. It's like stories have sleep periods, a bit like the lovely status light on a Mac when it is on standby.

The story which prompted this little musing involves a lovely old lady, her wedding dress, a museum and a collections manager.

more on
http://www.peoplepoints.co.nz

Added by Paul Reynolds on March 19, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Buzzeum le blog devient Buzzeum Consultants !

Petite annonce perso pour que chacun intègre bien la bonne adresse dans son flux ! :)

Buzzeum, le blog sur la communication des musées qui fait une veille quotidienne depuis deux ans s'ouvre vers de nouveaux horizons et devient un des supports de réflexions de l'agence de communication culturelle Buzzeum Consultants.

A lire :

www.buzzeum.com…

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Added by Diane Drubay on March 19, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

Museum finds "secret" message in Lincoln's watch

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE52A0FX20090311
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -" A gold watch owned by Abraham Lincoln bears a message marking the start of the U.S. Civil War, but the president never knew of the "secret" inscription uncovered on Tuesday at the National Museum of American History."

Added by Zaxy on March 17, 2009 at 4:58am — No Comments

What do the director of a science centre and the general manager of marketing from the nation's largest sporting body have in common?

Those of you who were able to join us at the Transformations conference last week may well be able to answer this without reading summary of the Culture 2.0 session at http://nlablog.wordpress.com

Regardless, I invite you to read through the summaries of the first session of the conference, the Culture 2.0 discussion where Professor Graham Durant (Questacon) and Dr Colin McLeod (AFL) provided entertaining and thought-provoking discussions of their take on transformations in cultural… Continue

Added by Angelina Russo on March 11, 2009 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Shelley Bernstein at the NZ National Library

Shelley Bernstein, the social media maven from the Brooklyn Museum spoke to a packed audience in the NZ National Library Auditorium last night in Wellington.

Her presentation covered a lot of ground, as it would given the profile she and her institution have picked up of late over their enthusiastic embrace of social networking tools and techniques as a core component of their Museum strategy.

Note the emphasis - Brooklyn is not about using social media as just another… Continue

Added by Paul Reynolds on March 11, 2009 at 12:03pm — 2 Comments

Just having a play with the blog tool

This is my first blog post here on Museum 3.0 I run my own blog at www.peoplepoints.co.nz, so have never been sure as to how and why I would use thins one, and how it fitted with my main voice.

I'm wondering if there is a way of combining things - i.e. be able to send a copy of new posts from my make blog over here, and of course, vice a versa.

National Digital Forum.

But just to make sure I do contribute something,… Continue

Added by Paul Reynolds on March 9, 2009 at 11:10am — 3 Comments

Towards New Metrics Of Success For On-line Museum Projects

Here is an interesting thing... thoughts, comments, welcome...

Abstract

Sebastian Chan, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/papers/chan-metrics/chan-metrics.html

All over the world museum Web site visitation is growing as better access and faster speeds increase Internet… Continue

Added by Alex Gibson on March 5, 2009 at 4:18pm — 3 Comments