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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July 17th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Imagine your dream college:
A green campus with a swan-filled lake to dream by and shady spots to sit and contemplate, classrooms with state of the art sound, dynamic classmates, organic and delicious food, shade-grown coffee, vibrant music and festive gatherings, small classes led by industry experts and large lectures led by
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Posted in Health, KQED, pbs, QUEST, Partners, Environment, california, oakland zoo, biomimicry, bioneer youth inititative, bioneers, kenny ausubel, marin civic center | Comments Off
July 15th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Could the future of potable water in California be in recycling wastewater? The Orange County Water District thinks so. In February of this year it opened its advanced water treatment plant, which produces 50 million gallons of potable water per day. It took them 13 years to finish
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Posted in KQED, pbs, san jose, Environment, california, Engineering, conservation, Weather, Bay Area, drinking water, filtration, Groundwater, recycle, santa calara | Comments Off
July 12th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
For those in the East Bay, a lush green lawn for
lounging may become a thing of the past.
Photo Credit Michele Nikoloff
It was the talk of my Wednesday morning Pilates class. “I’m letting my lawn die, but saving the plants. Plants are harder to replace.” “We only lived in
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Posted in Health, KQED, pbs, QUEST, Partners, TV, Environment, california, water, east bay, east bay municipal utility district, ebmud, irrigation water, water crisis, water emergency | Comments Off
July 8th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Talk about a wild ride.
Every year, millions of fish make a strange and harrowing detour through the Skinner Fish Facility, part of the State Water Project’s facilities in the Delta.
In my last post, I wrote about my visit to the Banks Pumping Plant, whose giant pumps slurp water from the Delta
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Posted in KQED, Partners, Science, Environment, california, san francisco bay, fish, water, conservation, power, delta, delta smelt, fish screens, pipes, sacramento delta, salmon, skinner fish facility, state water project, sturgeon | Comments Off
June 28th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Jars of poached Sturgeon eggs and other fish roe
from a Department of Fish and Game bust in Cordelia, California.I knew I was in trouble when I saw the jars. Big jars, filled with tinted liquid, with weird things suspended in them. Things that definitely used to be alive, and that I
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Posted in Radio, KQED, pbs, QUEST, Environment, fishing, california, dna, dogs, forensics, canine program, caviar, dfg, game, game warden, hunting, necropsy, poaching, quagga mussel | Comments Off
June 28th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Blower door equipment is used to measure a home’s
air leaks. A blower door test is part of the evaluation for
determining a home’s HERS Index.
Photo by: D&R International
Remember the day when most men knew the horsepower of their muscle cars? Now most of us are concerned about miles per gallon.
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Posted in KQED, pbs, QUEST, Partners, Environment, solar energy, greenhouse gas emissions, canadian resnet, cresnet, Energy Efficiency Credit trading, Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards, energy hog, energy star, greenhouse gas, HERS, HERS index, Home Energy Rating System, photovoltaics, PV, Residential Energy Services Network, RESNET | Comments Off
June 24th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Humans produce 500 billion plastic bags annually.
In China, they recently banned it. Australia, Bangladesh, Ireland, Italy, South Africa,Taiwan, Mumbai and India have either banned it or discouraged its use by raising taxes. And on March 27, 2007, San Francisco became the first city in the USA to ban it from
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Posted in Health, KQED, QUEST, Environment, Physics, canada, plastic, NPR, plastic bags, ban, biodegrade, daniel burd, decompose, degradation, future history: plastic bottles, landfill, paper or plastic, plastic bottles, plastic not fantastic, pseudomonas, san francisco, socium acecate, sphingomonas, the record, waterloo | Comments Off
June 24th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Cris Benton inspects his kite aerial photography rig
before sending it up in the sky. Credit: Jane Liaw.
UC Berkeley architecture professor Charles ‘Cris’ Benton is a kite aerial photography (KAP) enthusiast. Benton is well-known in the KAP world for sharing his knowledge and love of the art.
In this art form, a camera
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Posted in KQED, Science, Environment, Architecture, Cesar Chavez Park, Cris Benton, Hidden Ecologies, kite aerial photography, salt ponds, San Francisco Exploratorium | Comments Off
