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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

I'm working on a section of my book about sharing social objects and am writing about the most common way that visitors share their object experiences in museums: through photographs. Revenue Streams: Museums want to maintain control of sales of "officially sanctioned" images of objects via catalogues and postcards.

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What color is your nonprofit's blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nina Simon, Museum 2.0   (We'll be doing the nitty gritty in October)    For some reason, I landed on this excellent post by Nina Simon that categorizes different types of museum blogs.  So, I thought I'd take a stab at remixing it for nonprofits.  What is the voice of the blog?

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The Future of Authority: Platform Power

Museum 2.0

I have a lot of conversations with people that go like this: Other person: "So, you think that museums should let visitors control the museum experience?" Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? It lets you be the only expert with a voice.

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Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

Museum 2.0

letting museum visitors contribute and collaborate in museums), I now see this as a crucial issue also for more democratic and inclusive practice (i.e. Other person: "But doesn't that erode museums' authority?" If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? It lets you be the only expert with a voice.

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Take a Side Trip to the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It is an incredible museum experience. The visitor is given a copy of her poster and the museum keeps a copy as well.

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Wanted: Your Advice (Guest Post)

Museum 2.0

As a graduate student in a museum studies program, I have learned how to develop an exhibit based on a collection of objects or a specific story. The University of Washington Museology Graduate Program invited Nina up to Seattle to teach a course on using social technologies in museums. What’s the content? What’s the message?”

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Guest Friday: Jessica Harden's Notes from AAM

Museum 2.0

Since I'm living at the Spy Museum right now in the run-up to the opening of Operation Spy, I asked Museum 2.0 Jessica Harden here: Museum 2.0’s conversations began on Monday afternoon when I attended The Museum Group’s discussion on the topic: “Web 2.0: in museums? reader--and now contributor!--Jessica

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