The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 39,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 14 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2013
What Happened in Museums This Week? December 7 – 13
Civilization Museum Now the Canadian Museum of History The Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que., has officially become the Canadian Museum of History Thursday. The legislation rebranding the museum passed third reading in the Senate Wednesday. On Thursday, it received royal assent, Heritage Minister Shelly Glover announced on Twitter. To read more, click here. … Continue reading
Reflection vs. Collection: A New Report Looks at the Effect of Picture-Taking on Remembering the Museum Experience
“To what extent does capturing one’s life events with a camera shape what one subsequently remembers?” Linda Henkel, from Fairfield University, evaluates this question in her new study featured in Psychological Science. In previous posts we’ve discussed photo policies in museums and the value of being allowed to capture a moment or experience for posterity. I’m a … Continue reading
What Happened in Museums This Week? November 30 – December 6
3,200-Year-Old Gold Artifact Transferred From L.I. Estate to German Museum “After the Holocaust and what it had done to their family, killing their grandparents, aunts, uncles, everyone, they wanted to donate it to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. They preferred it to go anywhere but Germany,” said Steven Schlessinger, the attorney for Flamenbaum’s heirs. As … Continue reading
Celebrating or Selling Out? Decking the Museum Halls
The holiday season is here – and if you are in the U.S. and in line of the snowmageddon that is barreling its way across most of the country this week, it’s beginning to look a lot like a winter wonderland – never mind the fact that it’s currently 60 degrees outside my window as … Continue reading
Museum Minute 