In the 00’s, Social Media Connected People with the Arts

Art&Seek looked back at some major changes in the arts during the ’00s. Each day, they asked local experts about how a new technology or movement has affected their field.
Dean Terry, Director of the Emerging Media + Communication Program and MobileLab at the University of Texas at Dallas, writes about the arts moving online.
Modern Art [...]

Museums – Portrait of a Challenging Year

The year 2009 was an uncomfortable one for the museum world, as it was for most of the economy. One museum after another canceled programming, cut staff, froze pay, limited visitor hours and increased admissions in an attempt to reduce expenditures and raise some income. None have been immune from trouble. The Los Angeles County [...]

RFID Solution for Art Museums

Students and faculty members at Louisiana State University LSU have designed an exhibition system using RFID technology that allows museums to track visitors’ interests in exhibits, while also enabling those patrons to receive e-mailed messages containing information about the particular exhibits they visited. A prototype of the system was piloted at the LSU Museum of [...]

Martin Scorsese to speak about film and museums at LACMA in January

Scorsese is scheduled to speak at LACMA”s Bing Theater on Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The Oscar-winning filmmaker will share the stage with Michael Govan, the director of LACMA, in what is being billed as a public conversation about the role of film at museums.
Read more: Los Angeles Times.

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Bezoek MissMag kent alle tijdschriften. (Tip via Linkedin van Martin Stevens Independant Photographer, image researcher, photo editor and co-owner at Wolverlei Text and [...]

Research from University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History about use of cell phone to learn more about the sciences

A team of researchers from University of Florida's Florida Museum of Natural History and the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is trying to determine whether you’ll use your cell phone to learn more about the sciences. A $494,509 grant from the National Science Foundation is funding the project, titled Call the Wild.
Read more: Gainesville.com [...]

Museummedia.nl, who wants to participate?

We started this special site on (new) media for museums last summer. It looks as if there is a great interest in our posts and content. For our ‘Case Studies’ and ‘Devices’ and ‘Resources’ we would very much appreciate your input. Thanking you in advance, we wish you all the best for 2010. We keep [...]

The American Image – Shooting Script Interactive

The American Image is an online exhibit exploring John Collier Jr.’s work during the war years of the 1940’s. The photographs depict day-to-day life in America during World War II. The site serves two purposes. First, it brings the wonderful photographs of John Collier Jr. to a new audience. Secondly, a series of activities guide [...]

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

At TEDIndia, held november 2009, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all. Pranav [...]

Archivist Jane Cameron (1950), died yesterday due to her injuries in the ‘Beagle’ car accident

On November 11 in Argentina four people of the Beagle were involved in a serious car accident. It is just announced that Jane Cameron (1950), died yesterday due to her injuries. Jane was archivist at the Falkland Islands Government Archives. This is the second deceased in this tragic accident. Petra Niegeman, who was visiting her [...]