About MuseumBlogs.org
MuseumBlogs.org is a directory of museum and museum-related blogs as well as a space for re-postings and roundups. The purpose of the site is to raise awareness and increase the authority of blogs focusing on museum issues. Authority is used by search engines to filter results. The more links, the more authority and more visible a blog will become.
The Directory
A publicly editable, moderated directory provides a central website for listings to museum and museum-related blogs.
The Blog
We encourage re-posting from qualified blogs and bloggers. The aim of MuseumBlogs.org is to drive visitors to other museum blogs and increase their authority. If you're interested in re-posting or creating roundups which focus on the museum blog world, please feel free to contact us for password and log in information.
Who and Why?
This site was developed by Ideum. We're a small design company that develops interactive exhibits and websites for museums. The idea for MuseumBlogs.org came about after we developed a survey of museum blogs & community sites in March of 2006. One of the major outcomes was that the vast majority of museum blogs lack authority which was covered in a follow up post on the Ideum blog. It's our hope that MuseumBlogs.org will help increase communities’ awareness and authority.
Policies
MuseumBlogs.org is run as a public service and encourages community participation. The site does not accept commercial advertising of any kind.
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
In an earlier post I wondered about the current fashion of ’things-that-talk’-talk that has invaded some valleys of cultural studies. For example, at a forthcoming workshop in Vienna, the organisers invite the participants “mit den Dinge zu argumentieren und diskutieren” (to argue and discuss with the objects), and they hope that ”die Dinge gleichsam selbst zu Wort
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Coutry, CharlesThe Print Collector (after Meissonier)1977.092.001 Period late 19th century Date 1886 Object Name print Object Type intaglio Medium etching Support buff laid paper Height 34.1 Width 25.2 Culture French Subject figures male room prints Credit Irving Dwinnell Bequest
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
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California recently became the first state in the country to phase out a toxic chemical used in dry cleaning called perchloroethylene, or perc. The timing is such that cleaners will be able to wait until their current machines need to replaced (the normal lifespan of a perc machine is
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
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California recently became the first state in the country to phase out a toxic chemical used in dry cleaning called perchloroethylene, or perc. The timing is such that cleaners will be able to wait until their current machines need to replaced (the normal lifespan of a perc machine is
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Run down
Recent news headlines have been full of Chinook salmon, but sadly the same cannot be said of Central Valley waterways. This fall, only about 90,000 Central Valley Chinook salmon returned to their home rivers and streams to spawn, down from more than 800,000 just a few years ago.
Like most salmon,
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Kerry Cody summarised the discussions of the day and introduced the final session.
Fiona Hooton
The current open source, online community is proving that utopian ideals and passion for social, political and artistic change is continuing on the internet. Like all counter cultures it is challenging the status quo
and attempting to free up…
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
By Angelina
This is what we came up with:
Take risks
Develop ‘Connections
Create Platforms
Have courage
I’d just like to start by backtracking a little and letting you know how this talented and articulate group of people came to be here today: In 2004 our research team approached a number of cultural organisations in Australia to…
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February 29th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Green isles from opposite sides of the world come together as traditional Irish and Māori music meet for the first time. Already the resulting show, called Green Fire Islands, is the talk of the indigenous music world and New Zealand’s art circles.
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