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A Decade of Museums and Museum Work

Museum 2.0

I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. As I imagined a world without the many museum tech projects of the decade, I felt inherently sad about the imagining away the successes that friends and colleagues have enjoying. But I couldn’t get there.

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Non-Fungible Fundraising: NFTs for Good

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In the same way as if someone took a picture of the Mona Lisa, it’s only a copy, was not approved by the creator, and holds none of the value of the original work. There are many exchanges to find NFTs and each one tends to specialize in different types of art or styles. Top NFT Exchanges. Examples of NFT Fundraising.

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One Nonprofit’s Anniversary Celebration Turns into a Bright Idea

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However, Lighthouse is celebrating their first quarter of a century with fiberglass and some fancy artwork. Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Nonprofits celebrate anniversaries all the time.

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One Nonprofit’s Anniversary Celebration Turns into a Bright Idea

NonProfit Hub

However, Lighthouse is celebrating their first quarter of a century with fiberglass and some fancy artwork. Lighthouse, which provides after-school programming for teenagers, has sponsored a public art project for the past several months in Lincoln, Neb., Nonprofits celebrate anniversaries all the time.

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Open Thread: Is the Gender Imbalance in the Arts a Problem?

Museum 2.0

I feel strongly that there are huge issues with racial and ethnic diversity in museums and arts organizations that deserve a million more posts. One was a conference on pushing our practice in art museums. In library- and museum-land, the participants were 80-90% women. That's why I wrote this.

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Amazing AI Images for Impact: AI Generators for Nonprofits

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A picture is worth a thousand words. Using pop art styles gives the ability to avoid the pitfalls of photorealism and instead focus on the action. Though the rights are completely royalty-free and there are video options for downloads in addition to celebrity photos with tools like Shutterstock.). Public link: [link].

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Blame the Crowd, Not the Camera: Challenges to a New Open Photo Policy at the National Gallery

Museum 2.0

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. The posts come from an aptly-named blog: Grumpy Art Historian.

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