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Last night we hosted One Night at the Museum!

An amazing partnership with the BBC History of the World Project and the amazing regional museum partners we have across Coventry and Warwickshire.

We hosted 10 of the regions most important objects in our covered court including an E Type Jag, Shakespeares Ring, a 500,000 year old hand…

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"As society and technology advance, what does that mean for the future of museums? Is the real being replaced by the virtual? And will younger people continue to go to museums?"

That's next Thursday's discussion on Future Tense, Radio National - see their web page, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/, and the 'In production' column on the right.

Hi all, we're here at the War Memorial in Canberra at a fascinating event where dialogue is taking place about how we can work better together.



There is an active Twitter stream here (I hope this link works!). All links from presentations are on delicious here.



Themes emerging for me so far:

* how active &… Continue

I recently visited the new Portrait Gallery by the lake in Canberra and was pleased to see that it does well on the eight Savanna design principles.

This slideshow gives an introduction to the building and notes some design features.

http://www.environmetrics.com.au/news.html

Check it out!

The 2nd International Conference on the Inclusive Museum

Enabling Diversity Sustaining Development

The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 8-11 July 2009.

www.museum-conference.com



The Inclusive Museum Conference is held annually in different locations around the world. The inaugural Conference was held at the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands in June 2008. It is a participants' Conference, including numerous thematic… Continue

Can someone help me explain this process to new members please? As I'm an administrator I see the page differently to other users.

It would be really useful for one of you more 'techy' types to explain to us how this is done ? I know that if you reply to a discussion or blog you automatically get updates, maybe that's all you need to do?

Any assistance gratefully received.

Executive Order -- Presidential Records





"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures governing the assertion of executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pursuant to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, it is hereby ordered as… Continue

Today we begin an adventure. I'm taking on board Mal's idea of "touring the web", building on Nina's work about how much time does Web 2.0 take and my own reflections in my paper Museum 3.0, organisational change and… Continue