Adrianne Russell is a culture fan passionate about museums, education, and performing arts. She lives with her husband and two tuxedo cats in the Kansas Flint Hills (literally, “where the buffalo roam”). When she’s not adding to her must-see museums lists, she’s reading, writing, crafting plans for the zombie apocalypse, and dreaming of being a professional baked goods tester. Do … Continue reading
Bieber-Fever Justin Bieber Uses Spencer Train Museum as Photo Shoot Backdrop The N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer can add Justin Bieber to the heartthrobs who have used it as a backdrop. The Salisbury Post reported had a three-hour photo shoot Monday at the museum, which was closed to the public for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. … Continue reading
Gretchen Jennings is a museum administrator, educator, and exhibition project director. Her B.A. and M.A. are in History from, respectively, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana and Concordia University, Montreal. From 2005 to 2007 she served as Director of Education for Interpretation and Visitor Experience at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She has … Continue reading
Controversy Israel’s Controversial King Herod Exhibition On Tuesday, Israel’s national museum announced the opening of the world’s first exhibition devoted to the archaeological legacy of King Herod, the biblical Roman-Jewish king who ruled Jerusalem from 37 to 4 BC. The Israel Museum will debut the Herod the Great exhibition on 13 February despite protests from Palestinians who object to the … Continue reading
It’s a new week, so that means there’s a new highly influential, field defining report to check out! The 2012 Museum Edition of the New Media Consortium Horizon Report has arrived. To get the run down, watch the video below. Did you catch all of that? There’s a lot of rich information in this report. I really … Continue reading
Jack Shoulder has adventures in museums and chronicles his exploits on his blog. He visits museums, galleries and other cultural places; the big ones, the small ones and all the ones in between. When not exploring museums, Jack is usually working in them; he does lots of digital stuff in/with/about museums in his day jobs … Continue reading
It’s 2013 and the new features of Museum Minute continue to roll out! Starting today we are introducing a new Friday feature titled, What Happened in Museums this Week? The goal of this feature is to highlight a few stories from the week, bring them to your attention and, hopefully, generate a conversation. This week’s stories? … Continue reading
The Pew Internet & American Life Project recently conducted a survey of 1,258 arts organizations (1,155 completed the entire survey) that received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the years 2007-2011 regarding the role of digital technologies within their organizations. For a brief introduction to the study and findings watch the video below. The report is divided into the following … Continue reading
As promised, Museum Minute is rolling out a few new regular features in 2013. To get us started I would like to introduce you to a new series titled, Meet a Museum Blogger. Each Monday, starting today, I will profile a new museum blogger. They will share their background, passions, quirks, expertise and museo-advice. Who’s … Continue reading
Happy New Year from Museum Minute! Over the next few weeks there are going to be a few changes made to the blog, including several new regular features and an updated look. Keep your eyes peeled for that and let me know what you think…your feedback makes Museum Minute what it is! In the meantime, … Continue reading
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