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 19th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Asteroid 35107, captured on Chabot Space& Science Center’s telescope.
Photo By Conrad Jung and Gerald McKeegan
You must be very quiet; we are hunting…asteroids!
On July 14th, 2008, an almost Hollywood-like drama took place in space nearby: a “double,” or binary, asteroid whizzed past Earth, grazing by at a distance of only 1.4
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Posted in KQED, pbs, Partners, chabot space and science center, asteroid, earth, international astronomical unions minor planet center, Near earth objects, neo | Comments Off
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
Can elephants feel seismic waves?
Scientists have known for years that elephants can communicate. By using low frequency vocals, called rumbles, elephants can ‘talk’ with eachother, sometimes communicating from very long distances.
But the new question being asked by some scientists is: can elephants feel those rumbles in the earth?
Biologist Dr. Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell
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Posted in KQED, pbs, QUEST, california, oakland zoo, geology, mammal, Africa, caitlin o'connell-rodwell, earthquakes, elephants, national geographics, quest picks, rumbles, seismic activity, seismic waves | 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 4th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury-artist concept.
Photo by: NASA
I’ve been waiting for the “whole story” on Martian ice at the Phoenix lander site to unfold more completely, but the chemical analyses have not yet run their full courses-so I’ve decided to widen the focus on this blog to give a status report
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Posted in KQED, pbs, QUEST, Partners, Science, mercury, Cassini, Saturn, mars, nasa, planet, auror, dwarf planet, gusev crater, mars express, mars odyssey, mars reconnaissance orbiter, martian ice, phoenix lander, pluto, robot, rspirit, solar system | Comments Off
July 4th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
One thing you try to learn, covering these stories, is how to navigate around the tricky subject of climate change. The trickiness isn’t if it’s happening, but rather what, exactly, it’s doing, what the effects are.
Take this year’s particularly nasty fire season, for example. We’ve had the driest spring in 80
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Posted in Radio, KQED, pbs, QUEST, Weather, calfire, center for fire research and outreach, dry lightning, fires, max moritz, rueben grijalva | Comments Off
July 4th, 2008 by AutoAggregator
Photo by: Melissa Batson
And how they put a snare in the plan for chimps and humans to live together.
In the Budongo Forests of Uganda, a large group of Chimpanzees, named by researchers The Sonso Group, attempt to thrive in their natural habitat, eating plants and small prey. At the same time,
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Posted in KQED, pbs, QUEST, Partners, oakland zoo, mammal, endangered, chimpanzee, Africa, hunting, poaching, animal, Bay Area, bugando forest, bugando forest project, bugando forest reserve, bugondo snare removal project, chimp, duiker, eco-guards, enivironment, gorilla, jane goodal institute, natural habitat, pig, prey, primate discovery dy, shirley mcgreal, snare, sonso group, trap, trecking, Uganda, wildlife | Comments Off
