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Doing Museum Work: Your Thoughts

Museum 2.0

This month, we're thinking about the way we do work in museums. As someone texted me recently, Art History grad school didn't teach us anything about working with others in museums. Sharing articles that work is a great reason to stay on Museum Twitter by the way. Exposure to all sectors of museum work is important.

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id Software's PC port of Super Mario Bros. 3 has been donated to the Strong Museum of Play

TechSpot

They went so far as to send the game to Nintendo in hopes of getting the green light to work on an official. Before finding success with franchises like Doom and Quake, the team that would become id Software developed a proof-of-concept port of Super Mario Bros 3.

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The 10 most innovative augmented and virtual reality companies of 2025

Fast Company Tech

Excurio For bringing virtual reality experiencesand audiencesto museums Excurio builds immersive, historically accurate installations that feature a shared virtual reality for up to 100 simultaneous attendees. Other exhibits focus on the history of Notre Dame and the evolution of life on Earth across nine eras and landscapes.

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An Open Letter to Museums on Twitter

Museum 2.0

Dear Museums on Twitter, Thanks for experimenting in a new and largely uncharted online environment. So here is a list of suggestions that hopefully will improve the way your museum thinks about using Twitter. Or it's rainy so you suggest I visit the museum? I am a museum of Native Cultures and Art!" You could do better.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Also, it’s worth pointing out and as I explain more below, that Pinterest allows users to create accounts using their Twitter accounts by default gives the green light that Pinterest Profiles can be brands, not just individuals: Next, you’ll be presented with a screen of that interests you can follow. Edit/Set up your Pinboards.

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QR Codes, Electronic Devices,Nonprofits, and Concert Etiquette

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

QR Codes: fab or a fad for Museums? View more presentations from Museums Computer Group. Museums have been using them to enhance the visitor experience and have been early adopters of the technology. As SFGMC continues to “go green,&# we have for the first time made our concert program available on line pre-show.

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Notes From A Brain Tweetup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In early January, the American Museum of Natural History announced that it would hold a Brain Tweetup for 75 of its Twitter followers. The event promised an after-hours look at their special exhibition Brain: The Inside Story , a chat with its curators, a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum, and an opportunity to meet other fans of AMNH.

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