Last summer I wrote a blog post titled 4 Things Museums Can Learn From Sharknado. It was fun to write, a little bizarre, and still one of my top read (and searched for) posts. Why? Because a Sharknado can happen anywhere. No, I haven’t completely fallen off of my rocker. Nor am I pulling a Tara Reid … Continue reading
1. I have not been abducted by Aliens. 2. I cannot wait to tell you all about my recent Seattle conference experience (see #AAM2014 in Pictures for a sneak peak). 3. Currently, I’m stuck wrapping up a few projects. 4. I’ll be back. Continue reading
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A few years ago I came across and immediately began to follow Jamie Glavic’s Museum Minute blog. Over the years I have come to value her posts as a primary resource on the application of social media in cultural heritage contexts. The Museum Minute blog also features a weekly round-up…
In January I had the pleasure of visiting New York City (for the very first time) and believe it or not, the weather was lovely. I was in town for work (transporting an artifact with a colleague) and took the opportunity to tour some of NYC’s world-class museums. I have several posts to share in the … Continue reading
This Wednesday, March 19, Museum Minute has partnered with Museum 140, for their third birthday, to bring you Museum Blog/gers Day on Twitter. What does that mean? We (as in Museum Minute, Museum 140, you AND everyone else on Twitter) will be chatting about museum blogs and the fantastic bloggers behind them – all day. … Continue reading
The blog has been quiet lately. In the past month my job has changed drastically: I’m in a new department with a new team and I’ve been assigned some exciting projects. During this transition I’ve had to adjust my “free time”/writing schedule and focus on research. Now, with a full month under my belt, and … Continue reading
Happy New Year from Museum Minute! You may have noticed that I took a bit of a blogging break. There are a few reasons for this: 1. I was traveling for the holidays. 2. The blog doesn’t get nearly as much traffic from mid-end of December. 3. I’m a part of a team that has … Continue reading
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
“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
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
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