July 2012 Blog Posts (5)

While visiting the Maritime and Historical Museum in Rijeka, Croatia last week, I saw an exhibition that got me wondering again about how  museum designers create atmospheres that add to their exhibition theme. Are the objects, texts and photos the only communicative aspects, or are there design elements that also  convey meaning and emotion?

In Rijeka, the project group for the temporary exhibition "…

I have been asked to catalogue, or create a list of the items removed from an industrial museum.  The museum facility is being refurbished and some of the material will go back into the space.  The rest will be transferred to storage.

My normal work is with legacy paper records.  I am able enough to create a lovely list the covers the veritable universe about a file but....pieces of ancient machinery with its moving parts and bits and bobs is a new story for…

Indian museum studies students give their views on challenges for science museums in their country.

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This conference Museums and Communities. The heritage of belonging focuses on the interaction between museums and communities. In times of mobility and change, history museums play an important role in societal questions of social cohesion, identity and belonging. In search of their roots, people turn to heritage. History is popular as never before and it surfaces in all contemporary media. At the same time, the communication era offers new possibilities to form communities,…