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Image Beats Text: Good for Museums, Tough for Me

Museum 2.0

At our museum, Pinterest is a primary tool for brainstorming and sharing ideas. But what''s awkward for me is actually probably very good for museums. Museums, and museum staff members, tend to be highly visually-oriented. This is great for museums looking for authentic ways to engage with people online.

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Meet Amy Fox of MuseumTweets: Best Practices for Micro Blogging in Museums

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I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. " Indeed, her first post summarized some observations from her research on how museums were using Twitter for her masters thesis. I'm fascinated by social networking and am interested in finding ways for museums to appeal to all types of people.

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Attention #NPdataNerds: Report back from the first-ever Do Good Data Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Speakers included Chicagoans like Rayid Ghani , founder of the Data Science for Social Good Summer fellowship; Mark Mathyer of the Museum of Science & Industry; and Lauren Haynes of GiveForward. To learn more and stay in the loop with Data Analysts for Social Good, you can join the LinkedIn group and subscribe to the listserv.

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Why Do We Interpret Art and Science So Differently?

Museum 2.0

Imagine seeing a museum exhibition related to this person's work. The answer depends on what kind of museum you are visiting. If we're talking about an an artist working in the context of an art museum, it's likely that the genius' work will be presented with minimal interpretation. What will you experience?

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Guest Post: Collections Access - Open the Door Wider

Museum 2.0

North Carolina Museum of History 1988.39.4 I’m always amazed when my colleagues tell me that the biggest barrier they face to “opening up” the content at their museums is from registrars—the people who care for collection objects. Followers of Museum 2.0 I stirred up a debate by raising the question “why not allow access?”

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Mapping Experiences: Rethinking Wayfinding in Museums

Museum 2.0

We looked at the museum map on the wall. There was a recent post on the ASTC listserv from a museum planning to revamp their wayfinding system. The wayfinding question in museums—or any complex space—is multifaceted. This is the second IF, and in my mind, one that most museums don’t address. million nodes.

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Are you a digital curator, packrat, editor, or snacker?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Further, they don't even need to create their own content, just as a museum curator rarely hangs his/her own work next to a Da Vinci. Digital Curators are the future of online content. Brands, media companies and dedicated individuals can all become curators. They do, however, need to be subject matter experts. The other terms.

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