Jonathan Alger

Kicking off a new feature, here is a summary of the feed at twitter.com/JonathanAlger for the month of January. Future versions will be more thoughtfully edited.

1. Amazing. Rothko’s paintings charted on a megapixel display surface. (video) http://ow.ly/12iAf (via @james3neal @Musebrarian @richcherry)
2. BBC video from trade show of latest educational gadgets. http://ow.ly/12635 (via @james3neal) 11:45 AM Jan 30th
3. Design Museum by Ron Arad Opening in Israel http://ow.ly/121q1 (Architectural Record) 9:20 AM Jan 30th
4. More hints, please! RT @museumnerd: .. excited to visit a very special museum today. Hint: ..at the center of a heated museum controversy. 8:41 AM Jan 30th
5. The film that helped boost Smithsonian attendance by millions. ‘Night At The Museum 3’ In The Works. http://ow.ly/121jY 8:30 AM Jan 30th
6. Love the forks. “Minimalism Massimo” – exhibition in London of artists that take minimalism to the max. http://ow.ly/11QxT (Me Design) 6:30 AM Jan 30th from HootSuite
7. RT @NancyProctor: Great review: RT @5easypieces: My review of the Cooper-Hewitt iPod touch tour is up. http://ow.ly/121oa 5:00 AM Jan 30th from HootSuite
8. IBM “smarter planet” exhibit opens at Disney. Brilliant move IBM. http://ow.ly/121sY 9:12 PM Jan 29th from HootSuite
9. RT @NickSherrard: Worth augmenting nxt few mins for RT: @JonathanAlger 40 Augmented Reality Projects To Blow Your Mind.. http://ow.ly/11D6k 8:30 PM Jan 29th from HootSuite
10. Thx for the ff! RT @NoGoPhoto: #ff @Art21 @92YTribeca @cindyhwang @Jewseum @Art_News @JonathanAlger @core_APPLER @urbanbydesign 8:29 PM Jan 29th from HootSuite
11. 40 Augmented Reality Projects Sure To Blow Your Mind.. (many videos) http://ow.ly/11D6k (jawbone.tv) (last Aug, but worth it) 1:45 PM Jan 29th from HootSuite
12. Petersen Automotive Museum owes $121,000 … in parking taxes. http://ow.ly/11F0e (LATimes) 11:35 AM Jan 29th from HootSuite
13. Worth seeing. RT @museum_exhibits: Museum Exhibit Design Toolkit: An Erector Set for Grownups: 80/20 Inc. http://ow.ly/11QZ4 10:40 AM Jan 29th from HootSuite
14. RT @mnmuseums: RT @AASLH: Southern Oregon Historical Society Discusses Self-Sufficient Future http://ow.ly/11F76 9:45 AM Jan 29th from HootSuite
15. Jim Olson, architect of “houses for serious art collectors” talks in NYC tonight. http://ow.ly/1nKRYC (via @artinfo) 7:45 AM Jan 29th from HootSuite
16. Jaw-dropping. Augmented Books: Camille Scherrer Revives Print With Virtual Story Layers. http://ow.ly/1nKSTf (via @brainpicker) 5:45 AM Jan 29th from HootSuite
17. Excellent British Library “Timelines” web interactive: http://ow.ly/11F5P – Press release: http://ow.ly/11F5W (via @BibliOdyssey) 4:35 AM Jan 29th from HootSuite
18. RT @museumofscience: Obama plans to invest in education reform that “inspires students to excel in math & science” 4:25 PM Jan 28th from HootSuite
19. We’re thinking about it. RT @irwin: Environmental/Exhibition design will pick up on the iPad, I’m sure. Embed them into walls and windows. 3:45 PM Jan 28th from HootSuite
20. Great tip, thanks! RT @NoGoPhoto: did u see this a few wks back? http://bit.ly/buVHu3 @JonathanAlger ..museums, zoos report attendance jump. 3:13 PM Jan 28th from HootSuite
21. Despite Assurances, Met Finds (Destroyed) Artworks Aren’t Restored Overnight http://ow.ly/11voW (NYTimes.com) 2:00 PM Jan 28th from HootSuite
22. What is the deal with museum attendance reports? Chicago-area museums, zoos report attendance jump. http://ow.ly/11eYV (Chicago Sun-Times) 1:00 PM Jan 28th from HootSuite
23. RT @Philanthropy: White House Aide Urges Foundations to Take More Risks. http://ow.ly/11fjl 12:30 PM Jan 28th from HootSuite
24. Wilkommen! German-American Heritage Museum opens in March in DC. http://ow.ly/11eZG 11:00 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
25. Recovery after a terrible year, but directors are still making cuts in museum budgets. http://ow.ly/11pBq (via @TheArtNewspaper) 9:45 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
26. Museum directors wager art loans on the Saints-Colts game. http://ow.ly/11pJF (via @wavertreewire) 9:00 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
27. RT @futureofmuseums: Video of Rodriguez lecture “Towards a New Mainstream?” on UTube! http://ow.ly/11fkz 8:40 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
28. Balance sheets: how the richest museums have fared in the past year. http://ow.ly/11pnu (The Art Newspaper, via @blooloop) 8:23 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
29. Wait, another kids-museum-in-a-museum? Children’s Museum of Immigration at the Swedish American Museum in Chicago. http://ow.ly/11f6h 7:15 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
30. Eek. Arizona To Close Half its State Parks (California, Illinois, Pennsylvania too). http://ow.ly/11eQr (via @AASLH) 6:45 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
31. Trend alert: Museums of the Future – Crowdsourcing Storms the Ivory Tower. http://ow.ly/11f3b (The Faster Times) 5:05 AM Jan 28th from HootSuite
32. Bugsystems, a nifty set of stock exhibit display furniture and doodads from Denmark. http://ow.ly/10QRa 2:45 PM Jan 27th from HootSuite
33. RT @midatlanticmuse: Laura Bush joining advisory board for Museum of African American History and Culture. http://ow.ly/10QM9 1:00 PM Jan 27th from HootSuite
34. RT @AASLH: “Visitors Count” survey / analysis offers Recession Buster Special for groups of museums. http://ow.ly/10QJU 11:20 AM Jan 27th from HootSuite
35. Dazzling new art museum in Mexico City for Carlos Slim (architect: his son-in-law). http://ow.ly/10QBl 9:20 AM Jan 27th from HootSuite
36. Visiting the preserved Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind in Berlin: Saving Jews in the Holocaust. http://ow.ly/10QuP 7:10 AM Jan 27th from HootSuite
37. Are Museums Using Enough Protection? http://ow.ly/10Qn9 (via @gothamist) 6:00 AM Jan 27th from HootSuite
38. Abbaworld opens today. http://ow.ly/10Qkd (NYTimes) 5:00 AM Jan 27th from HootSuite
39. An interactive history of art damaged by museum visitors. (pics) http://ow.ly/10BIq 3:35 PM Jan 26th from HootSuite
40. Rare op-ed piece requests better exhibits. “Cleveland Mus of Art needs..exhibits w/ star power.” http://ow.ly/10lnq (via @artnetdotcom) 1:00 PM Jan 26th from HootSuite
41. You bet. RT @SignificObs: Thx for spreading the word: @psfk, @askcharlydotnet, @craftivista, @brandbridge, @brainpicker, @jonathanalger 12:10 PM Jan 26th from HootSuite
42. Thanks AO! RT @atlasobscura: #TT @JonathanAlger @solotraveler @marilyn_res @mircorp @FarWriter 12:09 PM Jan 26th from HootSuite
43. Great; more to come. RT @khegre: @JonathanAlger Found you thru @atlasobscura … great tweets, looking forward to more! 12:08 PM Jan 26th from HootSuite
44. More useful research from NAI. RT @NAIinterpret: Applied Interp – Impact from a Museum Visit: “Epilogue” http://bit.ly/8nblOd 10:30 AM Jan 26th from HootSuite
45. Really? RT @the99percent “What makes us human? It’s our stuff.” BBC history of civilization through 100 objects. http://ow.ly/10Bul 9:25 AM Jan 26th from HootSuite
46. And UNICEF. Your turn. RT @JonathanAlger: My partners and I..donated to Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, and MercyCorps. 8:37 AM Jan 26th from HootSuite
47. Have you donated to Haiti yet? My partners and I have just donated to Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, and MercyCorps. 8:14 AM Jan 26th from HootSuite
48. PSFK Talks To Rob Walker of Significant Objects. http://ow.ly/10p0s (PSFK) The actual website (amazing): http://ow.ly/10p1N 5:05 AM Jan 26th from HootSuite
49. Wait, is it possible the ripped Picasso is actually more valuable now? “Questions Over Fixing Torn Picasso” (NYTimes) http://ow.ly/10ppJ 6:29 PM Jan 25th from HootSuite
50. Camera flash light damage cited as 1 cause. “National Archives bans photos by tourists” http://ow.ly/10mpV (WaPo, @danamuses) 3:43 PM Jan 25th from HootSuite
51. On the good side, it helped increase SI visits. RT @AASLH Night at the Museum 3..in the works..series good, bad, or indifferent for field? 1:33 PM Jan 25th from HootSuite
52. Leading Chinese art museums can’t afford Chinese art. http://ow.ly/10fdU (via @artnetdotcom) 12:05 PM Jan 25th from HootSuite
53. Great article. RT @LindaTischler: Over budget? Under siege? Caltrava bites back. http://ow.ly/10eZ6 9:52 AM Jan 25th from HootSuite
54. RT @QueensMuseum: from The Cut blog – A New “Please Touch” Museum http://ow.ly/10aj6 9:15 AM Jan 25th from HootSuite
55. The Future of Museums: Mausoleums or Houses of Curiosity? http://ow.ly/10dvK (via @m1ke_ellis) 8:55 AM Jan 25th from HootSuite
56. RT @atAMNH: Tour the exhibition Traveling the Silk Road with curator Mark Norell in this podcast by NYAS. http://ow.ly/10aeg 7:50 AM Jan 25th from HootSuite
57. Glad you like it, better video soon. RT @james3neal: “Voices of Liberty” soundscape of stories .. interactive gallery. http://ow.ly/10aqz 7:12 AM Jan 25th from HootSuite
58. RT @elginism: RT @jonathanalger Gorgeous slideshow: the new Acropolis Museum. http://ow.ly/ZXe5 (LATimes) 6:14 AM Jan 25th from HootSuite
59. Much needed: Museum of American Finance launches new K-12 financial education classes. http://ow.ly/ZYaQ 5:55 AM Jan 25th from HootSuite
60. Gorgeous slideshow: the new Acropolis Museum. http://ow.ly/ZXe5 (LATimes) 5:15 PM Jan 24th from HootSuite
61. Egypt’s 2-mile-long “Sphinx Alley” to be world’s biggest open-air museum. http://ow.ly/ZXiE (npr.org) 3:25 PM Jan 24th from HootSuite
62. Genius! Darwin Actor Paul Bettany photographs the Creation Museum. (slideshow) http://ow.ly/ZXnd (vanityfair) 1:28 PM Jan 24th from HootSuite
63. What’s left of the main art museum in Port-Au-Prince. (latimes.com) http://ow.ly/ZX3M (via @james3neal) 12:50 PM Jan 24th from HootSuite
64. @NickSherrard For sure. Eye-based interactivity could work for abled users too (OXO Good Grips principle). 12:33 PM Jan 24th from HootSuite in reply to NickSherrard
65. V&A fake art exhibit: some “artists” in jail for forgery, can’t attend opening. (pics) http://ow.ly/ZPYi (via @stevesilberman) 11:50 AM Jan 24th from HootSuite
66. SpecialEffect helps kids with disabilities enjoy computer games. (video) http://ow.ly/ZPTQ (via @NickSherrard) 9:40 AM Jan 24th from HootSuite
67. RT @MoMAlearning – Debate: The Future of Reading. http://ow.ly/1nvT03 8:00 AM Jan 24th from HootSuite
68. Russia’s museum of, er, democracy. (LATimes) http://ow.ly/1nvK0j (via @blooloop) 7:05 AM Jan 24th from HootSuite
69. Simon Schama opines on spate of recent mutimedia object history shows. (FT) http://ow.ly/1nuvPq (via @archivesinfo) 6:30 AM Jan 24th from HootSuite
70. Haydn @ Hayden: planetarium meets opera. http://ow.ly/1nt6qz (NY1) 1:10 PM Jan 23rd from HootSuite
71. “Bank Run”: part movie, part choose your adventure, part online game, part iPhone game. http://ow.ly/1nsXuj (via @brainpicker) 11:10 AM Jan 23rd from HootSuite
72. Yale exhibits iconic “Learning from Las Vegas” architects Venturi Scott Brown. (pics) http://ow.ly/1nsT54 9:45 AM Jan 23rd from HootSuite
73. “Children’s museum within a #museum” coming to ambitious N-Y Hist. Society. http://ow.ly/1nsRM7 (NYTimes) 8:22 AM Jan 23rd from HootSuite
74. English professor critiques natural history exhibit design trends. Thoughtful. http://ow.ly/ZFGd (via @museummedia) 5:04 AM Jan 23rd from HootSuite
75. Wouldn’t have it any other way. RT @atlasobscura: @jonathanalger Exquisite and horrifying are the type of things we seek out. 7:18 PM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
76. Exquisite. Horrifying. RT @atlasobscura: A medical museum displaying dismembered bodies built painstakingly of wax. http://ow.ly/ZvFm 5:30 PM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
77. Erudite yet bizarrely rambling critique of BBC’s History of the World in 100 Objects series. http://ow.ly/ZuKz (guardian.co.uk) 2:55 PM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
78. Trailer for Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (World’s 1st Street Art Disaster Movie). http://ow.ly/Zuop (via @GOOD) 1:45 PM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
79. RT @LAUniqueTravel: @JonathanAlger Lego iPhone as well! – http://www.museumofplay.org/botb/gallery/131 1:18 PM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
80. Natl Museum of Play hosts Lego competition, 10-yr-old creates amazing Lincoln Memorial. Ben, you’re hired. (pic) http://ow.ly/Zucl 12:24 PM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
81. Thanks! RT @MatthewHeimer: #ff museum-design guru @JonathanAlger, web start-up @BundleHQ, troublemakers @effedparkslope. 12:12 PM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
82. Int’l Civil Rights Ctr & Museum opens Feb 1 in Greensboro NC, site of the sit-ins, 50 yrs later. http://ow.ly/Zei9 9:40 AM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
83. Museum explores ‘hidden history’ of Muslim science. http://ow.ly/ZaN3 (BBC News) 7:10 AM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
84. Food Stamps Bound for Display at Smithsonian. http://ow.ly/ZebF (NYTimes) – 1 in 8 Americans use them today. 4:30 AM Jan 22nd from HootSuite
85. Museums: the plane that landed in the Hudson river is up for auction (“as is”). http://ow.ly/Ze62via (@CNNbrk) 8:20 PM Jan 21st from HootSuite
86. Most Interesting Libraries of the World (pics) http://ow.ly/ZaAY (via @midatlanticmuse @james3neal @ericrumsey) 4:55 PM Jan 21st from HootSuite
87. Yikes! RT @atAMNH: For the next 365 days, Curator Susan Perkins will profile 1 parasite a day on her new blog. http://ow.ly/Zavg 3:42 PM Jan 21st from HootSuite
88. “Irish Museum of Modern Art to Open Secret, Intriguing and Experimental Exhibition” (Artdaily.org) http://ow.ly/YQ6Z 1:30 PM Jan 21st from HootSuite
89. RT @Guggenheim: Q&A with 9 year old Lola of Park Slope on participating in the Tino Sehgal exhibition. http://ow.ly/YKn8 11:20 AM Jan 21st from HootSuite
90. Gardner Museum in Boston gets $118 million expansion designed by Renzo Piano. http://ow.ly/YQdm 9:25 AM Jan 21st from HootSuite
91. The (Virtual) Museum of Afghan Civilization. http://ow.ly/YQjW (via @museumist) 7:15 AM Jan 21st from HootSuite
92. RT @brainpicker: The Whisper Deck, utterly amazing new voice-controlled augmented reality (via @simonmainwaring) http://ow.ly/YPzN 4:25 AM Jan 21st from HootSuite
93. Senate investigating California Science Center’s cancellation of anti-Darwin film. http://ow.ly/YQeB 8:02 PM Jan 20th from HootSuite
94. Collapsible plywood workspace. http://ow.ly/1njsYU (via @dezeen) 2:30 PM Jan 20th from HootSuite
95. The Impact from a #Museum Visit, Part II. http://ow.ly/YzGW (via @NAIinterpret) 1:30 PM Jan 20th from HootSuite
96. RT @brooklynhistory: Museum of American Finance (@FinanceMuseum) a truly fascinating interactive museum on Wall St, joined Twitter… 1:13 PM Jan 20th from HootSuite
97. RT @coolhunting Spectacular view .. at Robert, new rest on top of #museum of art+design in NYC http://yfrog.com/4is64bj 12:30 PM Jan 20th from HootSuite
98. Hmm. “Enter the Anti-Museum: Why Virtual Experiences Lead to Better Learning” http://ow.ly/YrjJ 10:40 AM Jan 20th from HootSuite
99. Why do we go to museums? http://ow.ly/Yre8 (via @walkerartcenter) 8:35 AM Jan 20th from HootSuite
100. How can designers help Haiti? http://ow.ly/Yr2a (aiga.org) 7:00 AM Jan 20th from HootSuite
101. Participatory “web-enabled #museum collections” discussed in NYTimes. http://ow.ly/YqW4 5:30 AM Jan 20th from HootSuite
102. 90 + 1 = 91. RT @momath1 The Museum of Mathematics has 90 fans in Facebook! Can you help us get to 100? http://ow.ly/YrbP 7:18 PM Jan 19th from HootSuite
103. Legacy Magazine: “Developing a Sense of Place in Non-Traditional Spaces” http://ow.ly/YouG (via @NAIinterpret) 5:40 PM Jan 19th from HootSuite
104. The HP Wall of Touch. http://ow.ly/YomJ (via @engadget) 4:20 PM Jan 19th from HootSuite
105. Just in: PLOT (Germany), issues #3 and #4. Unbeatable exhibit design coverage. Danke sehr @PLOTmag http://ow.ly/YlmQ 1:49 PM Jan 19th from HootSuite
106. The Ghibli Museum in Japan: by minds behind My Neighbor Totoro and other fantastic films. http://ow.ly/YcZ2 1:10 PM Jan 19th from HootSuite
107. Are these the patent diagrams behind Apple’s proposed multi-touch tablet? http://ow.ly/YhBa (via @uxmag) 12:05 PM Jan 19th from HootSuite
108. Libeskind to design extension to his (very good) Berlin Jewish #Museum. http://ow.ly/Yhya 10:52 AM Jan 19th from HootSuite
109. Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is free much of January. Tickets usually $15. http://ow.ly/YcPQ 10:05 AM Jan 19th from HootSuite
110. The excellent MoOM: #Museum of Online Museums, by @Coudal Partners. I am a longtime fan. http://ow.ly/YctD 9:00 AM Jan 19th from HootSuite
111. Today’s object: Olduvai stone chopping tool. #2 in BBC’s History of the World in 100 Objects. (pic + audio) http://ow.ly/YcpB 8:50 AM Jan 19th from HootSuite
112. Clever: the Museum of Unintended Use. http://ow.ly/YccG (via @museummedia) 7:32 AM Jan 19th from HootSuite
113. Dazzlingly tinkly website for Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry #exhibit in Tokyo. http://ow.ly/Y1vi 7:25 PM Jan 18th from HootSuite
114. Cirque du Soleil criticized as Canada’s choice of Expo pavilion designer. http://ow.ly/1nf6wq (via @archinect) 6:35 PM Jan 18th from HootSuite
115. “Sara” – the first augmented reality architecture app. http://ow.ly/XUYe (via @designboom) 1:02 PM Jan 18th from HootSuite
116. History of Scotland in 60 Objects (BBC World in 100 Objects spinoff) http://ow.ly/XQrx (via @museumist) 11:30 AM Jan 18th from HootSuite
117. Today’s Object: Mummy of Hornedjitef. (pics, audio) BBC History of the World in 100 Objects. http://ow.ly/XPQd 10:40 AM Jan 18th from HootSuite
118. “One True Thing”: profound images of the personal objects kept by the homeless, addicts and mentally ill. http://ow.ly/XPxv 9:25 AM Jan 18th from HootSuite
119. RT @museummedia: #Anthropology #museum to reopen in Vancouver – $55M renovation. http://ow.ly/1nbE0U 5:40 PM Jan 17th from HootSuite
120. The GEICO Gecko … Exhibit. http://ow.ly/1nbB4z (via @ZandAvisitor) 4:20 PM Jan 17th from HootSuite
121. Building facade becomes huge interactive performance surface at night. (video) http://ow.ly/1nbzkc (via @brainpicker) 2:52 PM Jan 17th from HootSuite
122. Secret $1B wireless visitor experience project at Disney? http://ow.ly/1nbePV (via @Blooloop) 12:16 PM Jan 17th from HootSuite
123. Chile’s new Museum of Memory, a memorial to dictatorship victims. YouTube via Aljazeera. http://ow.ly/Xg0Z 7:35 AM Jan 17th from HootSuite
124. “Exhibit design .. is broken” – startling outlook from the trade show industry. http://ow.ly/Xebk 6:10 AM Jan 17th from HootSuite
125. “The Art and Science of Zoo Exhibit Design” @VirginiaZoo http://ow.ly/Xe55 5:00 PM Jan 16th from HootSuite
126. Expolab Barcelona: “creating new exhibitions in the area of technology, innovation, science and design” http://ow.ly/XdUy 3:37 PM Jan 16th from HootSuite
127. Bargain alert – museums can now buy a space shuttle from NASA for $29M (down from $42M). http://ow.ly/Xdgy 2:51 PM Jan 16th from HootSuite
128. Essential. “(Web) Content Strategist as Digital Curator” http://bit.ly/7h9LMh (via @museweb @amandafrench) 9:00 AM Jan 16th from HootSuite
129. Coming to MoMA: “Rising Currents” exhibit of solutions for a flooded NYC. http://ow.ly/1n7PiN (via @museummodernart) 8:10 AM Jan 16th from HootSuite
130. LEED certification for San Diego Natural History #Museum. http://ow.ly/1n7Omx (via @Blooloop) 7:05 AM Jan 16th from HootSuite
131. Jaw-dropping “telling a history of our world with objects” website by British #Museum and BBC. Radio series starts Monday. http://ow.ly/WZPu 5:20 AM Jan 16th from HootSuite
132. Culture24: news, exhibitions, links from thousands of UK #museum organizations in one place. http://ow.ly/WZLT 4:15 AM Jan 16th from HootSuite
133. Ipods for every visitor at Cooper Hewitt #Museum’s “Design USA” exhibit. http://ow.ly/X1pP (via @cooperhewitt) 6:00 PM Jan 15th from HootSuite
134. Useful: “How Does #Interpretation Differ from Education?” http://ow.ly/WZKq (via @NAIinterpret) 5:00 PM Jan 15th from HootSuite
135. Exploratorium guide demos “floating objects” #exhibit (charming video). http://ow.ly/WZHG (via @exploratorium) 4:10 PM Jan 15th from HootSuite
136. 570-megapixel camera. http://ow.ly/WZCy (via @brainpicker) 3:30 PM Jan 15th from HootSuite
137. @debbiemillman Two bottles? I need three or four. 2:50 PM Jan 15th from HootSuite in reply to debbiemillman
138. A four-year-old visits the “Decode” exhibit. (great video) http://ow.ly/WTHn (via @V_and_A) 11:15 AM Jan 15th from HootSuite
139. Design of wetlands center in Korea based on lines left by receding tides. Lovely! http://ow.ly/WTmZ 11:05 AM Jan 15th from HootSuite
140. Giant disco ball suspended over Paris simulates starry night lost to light pollution. http://ow.ly/WTix (via @greenmuze) 9:50 AM Jan 15th from HootSuite
141. The Museum of Innocence. “Which Came First, Orhan Pamuk’s Museum or His New Novel?” NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/Wqc4 7:05 AM Jan 15th from HootSuite
142. “$7-Million Raised for Haitii by Cellphone” http://ow.ly/WM4x (via @Philanthropy) 5:45 AM Jan 15th from HootSuite
143. Architectural Record loses the AIA contract. http://ow.ly/WM2s (via @archinect) 4:31 AM Jan 15th from HootSuite
144. Milan-based Triennale Design Museum to open in NYC. http://ow.ly/WBzJ (via @segd) 4:30 PM Jan 14th from HootSuite
145. Gehry withdraws controversial Museum of Tolerance design in Jerusalem. http://ow.ly/WAss (via @culturemonster) 4:00 PM Jan 14th from HootSuite
146. New directional lighting system: Lumini Focus Flat. Very handsome. http://ow.ly/WtrU (via @PLOTmag) 3:00 PM Jan 14th from HootSuite
147. “Layman’s Guide to the Tablet PCs of 2010″ (video) http://ow.ly/Wrhl (via @fastcompany) 1:45 PM Jan 14th from HootSuite
148. Museum director discusses surprising trends and the future. http://ow.ly/WqTO (CFM) 12:30 PM Jan 14th from HootSuite
149. Getty bronze statue: was it a crime? http://ow.ly/WqKR 11:25 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
150. “Be interactive and hands on, not only with computer screens…” Kids in Museums Manifesto http://ow.ly/WqG9 (via @m1ke_ellis) 11:20 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
151. Kids bored with buttons and touchscreens, want more actual interactivity. http://ow.ly/WqxD (via @m1ke_ellis) 10:15 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
152. Hundreds of vintage photos of exhibits at American Museum of Natural History. http://ow.ly/WqtB (via @atAMNH) 9:15 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
153. The Augmented Reality Wiki. http://ow.ly/WpS8 (or @augmentedrealitywiki) 8:15 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
154. OK, enough with social media people giving themselves big official titles with “curator” and “architect” in them. 6:45 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
155. Mexico’s Museum of Drugs running out of space. http://ow.ly/1n2flQ 5:30 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
156. Exhibit of very small art. http://ow.ly/1n2exF (via @HofstraU) 4:26 AM Jan 14th from HootSuite
157. Haiti Earthquake Rebuilding Appeal – Archinect / Architecture for Humanity – http://ow.ly/WfL7 5:47 PM Jan 13th from HootSuite
158. Important: copyright is complicated in a #museum. http://ow.ly/W1op (via @brooklynmuseum) 7:30 AM Jan 13th from HootSuite
159. This tweet made my day. RT @amhistorymuseum: RT @aubreandrus: the star spangled banner exhibit was the best! … 6:54 AM Jan 13th from HootSuite
160. RT @amhistorymuseum: Today in 1773: The 1st public museum in America is established. The Charleston Museum: http://ow.ly/VFM9 4:25 AM Jan 13th from HootSuite
161. RT @museumist: Some opinions behind the new MOCA pick – http://is.gd/69er9 – http://is.gd/69eSW – http://is.gd/69eX7 – http://is.gd/69f39 6:20 PM Jan 12th from HootSuite
162. Who needs exhibit design? Your augmented reality sunglasses will interpret the collection. http://ow.ly/VNfV (via @designboom) 5:25 PM Jan 12th from HootSuite
163. Music video as exhibit. http://ow.ly/VN1m 3:15 PM Jan 12th from HootSuite
164. Google “Question Suggestions” – a formative evaluation tool for exhibits? http://ow.ly/VKym (via @brainpicker) 1:11 PM Jan 12th from HootSuite
165. Video of the “Light Touch,” the new any-surface-is-now-a-touchscreen projector. http://ow.ly/VEyK (via @engadget) 11:31 AM Jan 12th from HootSuite
166. Price of book about grim 2010 forecast for designers: $70. http://ow.ly/VEqD (via @segd) 10:50 AM Jan 12th from HootSuite
167. The Harry Potter exhibit reviewed, incl. Hagrid-sized chair. http://ow.ly/VEfd 9:37 AM Jan 12th from HootSuite
168. Big #architecture design contest for $76,000,000 V&A #museum in Scotland. http://ow.ly/VDUv 8:49 AM Jan 12th from HootSuite
169. Louvre attendance remains high (despite strike, Egypt incident, McDonald’s opening nearby) http://ow.ly/VDOH 7:34 AM Jan 12th from HootSuite
170. MacArthur Foundation’s $2M “Digital Media and Learning Competition” (via Foundation Center) http://ow.ly/VClz 6:36 AM Jan 12th from HootSuite
171. The “Future Museums Congress” conference and #exhibit in Abu Dhabi, June 2010 http://ow.ly/V8sS #museum 9:36 AM Jan 11th from HootSuite
172. Cliffhanger: MOCA postpones announcement of its new director. http://ow.ly/VaHH (LA Times via @culturemonster) 9:18 AM Jan 11th from HootSuite
173. “Exhibit Makeovers” workshop in San Antonio. http://ow.ly/V7cT (via @aaslh) 8:27 AM Jan 11th from HootSuite
174. Essential: analysis of Consumer Electronics Show by @fastcompany. http://ow.ly/V70d 8:14 AM Jan 11th from HootSuite
175. Massive. gorgeous, #museum level #exhibit at David Zwirner: “Works from California 1960-1970″. (pics) http://ow.ly/V6D7 6:55 AM Jan 11th from HootSuite
176. The Infoscape multitouch HD wall. Seven feet wide, twice. http://ow.ly/UY2j (via @engadget) 8:11 PM Jan 10th from HootSuite
177. Metropolitan Museum quietly pulls ancient images of Mohammed from upcoming exhibit. http://ow.ly/UQmw (via @newyorkpost) 12:31 PM Jan 10th from HootSuite
178. Brilliant, insanely innovative “transformer apartment” of Hong Kong. http://bit.ly/8Znc0p (via @the99percent) 11:09 AM Jan 10th from HootSuite
179. Underwater Sculpture Museum (video) http://ow.ly/UDUf 5:03 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite
180. Augmented reality + architectural facade. via @designboom http://ow.ly/1mPZgX 3:31 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite
181. Just now on NPR: Lonnie Bunch of National Museum of African American History and Culture. via @CuratorJournal http://ow.ly/UDxB 3:09 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite
182. Departing Getty leader’s salary was $513,000 plus $279,500 for housing. via @artnetdotcom #museum http://ow.ly/1mPVWo 2:31 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite
183. Attendance at Legoland California jumped up 6 percent last year. via @Blooloop http://ow.ly/1mPUYd 1:32 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite
184. RT @museumnerd: An array of magnifying glasses on hooks for visitors to use! @RubinMuseum is an examplary user-friendly museum. 12:19 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite
185. @NancyProctor Thanks for the FF! 12:16 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite in reply to NancyProctor
186. Biggest TV ever: 152 inch plasma by Panasonic. via @designboom http://ow.ly/1mPTHN 12:09 PM Jan 9th from HootSuite
187. The amazing ‘History of the World in 100 Objects’ project by BBC / British Museum starts 18 Jan. http://ow.ly/1mPA4s 8:29 AM Jan 9th from HootSuite
188. New $345M building coming for Tate Modern. Herzog & de Meuron again. http://ow.ly/1mOE9M 7:11 PM Jan 8th from HootSuite
189. “Despite Knowing Reasons Why, Smithsonian Doesn’t Know Reasons Why Attendance Was Way Up in 2009.” @UnBeige http://ow.ly/UnGX 2:18 PM Jan 8th from HootSuite
190. ‘Kandinsky’ Helps Guggenheim Set Record Attendance http://ow.ly/1mO1sg 12:23 PM Jan 8th from HootSuite
191. White House Historical Association and National Trust partner on National Center for White House History http://goo.gl/E6iJ via @AASLH 8:21 AM Jan 8th from HootSuite
192. Professional historians to debate same-sex marriage. http://ow.ly/1mMcQn via @amhistorymuseum @myHNN 5:02 AM Jan 8th from HootSuite
193. @Icograda Will crowdsourcing kill the profession? 6:59 PM Jan 7th from HootSuite in reply to Icograda
194. 20% more visitors for Smithsonian in 2009. NMAH up 1.2M. http://ow.ly/1mJjT0 6:01 PM Jan 7th from HootSuite
195. “At the Porsche Museum, even the escalators are fast.” The German auto museums. (slide show) http://ow.ly/TaEw 5:21 PM Jan 7th from HootSuite
196. The Que tablet computer. via @juliuswiedemann http://ow.ly/TP1r 3:23 PM Jan 7th from HootSuite
197. Rockefeller Fdn gives Cooper-Hewitt $600K to bring back ‘Design for the Other 90%’ exhibit. via @UnBeige http://ow.ly/TOMY 2:51 PM Jan 7th from HootSuite
198. Getty loses director. http://ow.ly/1mM2nn 1:06 PM Jan 7th from HootSuite
199. Exhibit as stop-smoking program: Franklin Institute launches Body Worlds IQuit. @thefranklin http://ow.ly/TNTI 12:57 PM Jan 7th from HootSuite
200. More: Cooper-Hewitt Names Designer Bill Moggridge as Director. NYTimes.com via @cooperhewitt http://ow.ly/TH0O 9:17 AM Jan 7th from HootSuite
201. Any surface as touch screen. http://ow.ly/1mLCf0 via @mhj_work @m1ke_ellis 8:31 AM Jan 7th from HootSuite
202. National Mall redesign wants feedback. http://ow.ly/TGRv National Zoo Bird House redesign wants feedback. http://ow.ly/TGUg 7:44 AM Jan 7th from HootSuite
203. @bobulate Sorted Books Project by Nina Katchadourian http://ow.ly/Ty9j 9:37 PM Jan 6th from HootSuite
204. Wonder cabinets of Atlas Obscura. (Part III) http://ow.ly/Ty3x 9:26 PM Jan 6th from HootSuite
205. Medical museums of Atlas Obscura. (Part II) http://ow.ly/Ty21 9:25 PM Jan 6th from HootSuite
206. Atlas Obscura, an online “compendium of the world’s wonders, curiosities and esoterica” (Part I) http://ow.ly/TxZK 9:23 PM Jan 6th from HootSuite
207. Chicago Fire Museum, the latest of 250 fire museums nationally. http://ow.ly/Tw3G 7:35 PM Jan 6th from HootSuite
208. Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn dies. NPR http://ow.ly/TvJ5 5:51 PM Jan 6th from HootSuite
209. Bill Moggridge is named Director of the Cooper-Hewitt. via @core77 http://ow.ly/1mJODe 10:54 AM Jan 6th from HootSuite
210. Chart Wars: The Political Power of Data Visualization (video) http://ow.ly/TayQ 6:55 AM Jan 6th from HootSuite
211. The Worry Pool. http://ow.ly/T7bG 3:23 PM Jan 5th from HootSuite
212. Typeface, the film: small-town survival story of the Hamilton Wood Type Museum (via @brainpickings) http://ow.ly/T6SI 3:05 PM Jan 5th from HootSuite
213. Dead Sea Scrolls international incident at Royal Ontario Museum. News and video from CBC http://ow.ly/SXpM 10:30 AM Jan 5th from HootSuite
214. More on the UK museums financial crisis. Telegraph http://ow.ly/SXmk (via @MuseumID) 9:24 AM Jan 5th from HootSuite
215. Useful. RT @MuseumMarketing Mobile friendly websites for museums? http://ow.ly/SXiY 8:45 AM Jan 5th from HootSuite
216. Langley Academy, a new school that’s also a #museum. The Guardian (UK) http://ow.ly/SWBO 6:58 AM Jan 5th from HootSuite
217. RT @AAMers: Bank of America gives admission to museums across the country http://ow.ly/SWmM 6:26 AM Jan 5th from HootSuite
218. Nice. RT @Ecsite: Ciak Museo, film by the Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali asking What is a Museum http://bit.ly/91R0E5 4:47 AM Jan 5th from HootSuite
219. Crisis? Cause for celebration? Help! RT @danspock: Museum attendance declining or up? Conflicting data http://ow.ly/SKqp 4:47 PM Jan 4th from HootSuite
220. NYC now hottest tourist destination in US – over Orlando. Tourism beat predictions in 2009. Crain’s http://ow.ly/SKgz 3:10 PM Jan 4th from HootSuite
221. Must-read: With New Technologies, Do Blind People Lose More Than They Gain? NYTimes http://ow.ly/SCl2 9:01 AM Jan 4th from HootSuite
222. Wildlife Conservation Society’s massive new projects at the Bronx Zoo and elsewhere @crainsnewyork http://ow.ly/SAE6 7:33 AM Jan 4th from HootSuite
223. RT @CuratorJournal: RT @jamesgleventhal PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF: A New Year’s Post for Museums in 2010 http://bit.ly/4T8uSO 5:03 AM Jan 4th from HootSuite
224. Excellent slideshow. RT @NancyProctor Evaluation-led Mobile Experience Design http://museummobile.info/archives/297 8:43 PM Jan 3rd from HootSuite
225. Open #architecture competition for the Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial http://ow.ly/1mJhJl 5:20 PM Jan 3rd from HootSuite
226. Who is best qualified to design a #museum #exhibit: people who studied #architecture, #productdesign, #graphicdesign, or..? 9:21 AM Jan 3rd from HootSuite
227. Dangerously, beautifully addictive: @BibliOdyssey, the book-art history site http://ow.ly/S7AW 6:05 PM Jan 2nd from HootSuite
228. Inside the National Gallery’s ‘secret’ exhibit room (via @museumist) http://ow.ly/S0y6 10:38 AM Jan 2nd from HootSuite
229. Fans of ‘Lost’ petition to create a new museum for the show http://ow.ly/1mJgB7 6:01 PM Jan 1st from HootSuite
230. Groundbreaking. RT @Icograda: A graphical system for the colour blind. http://ow.ly/1mJgAR 4:53 PM Jan 1st from HootSuite
231. Museum exhibits need to have things from the #museum collection in them. True or false? 8:01 AM Jan 1st from HootSuite