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Now Online: Contemplating the Void

Feb 12, ’10 12:46 PM

The Guggenheim has put all 200 proposals online from the “Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum” project. (For this year’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of Wright’s building, “scores of artists and architects” were invited to propose their own ideas for the “catalytic” and famously photogenic central void. Above: Studio Arne Quinze.) Past post here.

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Dinosaurs in Your iPhone

Feb 8, ’10 6:01 PM

Intended to be useful both during museum visits and not, AMNH has developed an iPhone app that makes their dinosaur collection mobile:

Introducing the first official app from the American Museum of Natural History, DINOSAURS: American Museum of Natural History Collections. This app lets paleontologists of all ages explore the Museum’s famous fossil halls in depth. … The world’s largest collection of dinosaur fossils can now be accessed through hundreds of photos and renderings. See what scientists believe dinosaurs looked like when they roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago.

Via Brainpickings.

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MuSuNaHi

Feb 4, ’10 9:48 PM

The Museum of SuperNatural History: not a museum. It’s a (wild) website. And a new Dreamworks movie, apparently.

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verysmallobjects.com

Feb 2, ’10 10:00 PM

The obsessive, hilarious, utterly baffling Collier Classification System for Very Small Objects website and exhibitions. (Very Small Objects and Museum of Jurassic Technology: separated at birth?)

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A Portfolio by ESTO

Feb 1, ’10 12:11 PM

Just in my inbox: ESTO is circulating a portfolio of work by seven of their photographers. Beautiful as always (particularly the image above of graphics and exhibits at Yankee Stadium, which I’m unashamedly proud of having being involved in).

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231 New Developments: January

Feb 1, ’10 11:28 AM

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
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Design USA: Contemporary Innovation at Cooper-Hewitt

Jan 16, ’10 11:05 AM

The “Design USA: Contemporary Innovation” exhibit is open at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and the New York Times writes it “is less an exhibition than an extra-large design seminar in your head.” I’m not sure if the Times means that as a compliment, but I do like their slideshow. The exhibit features the winners of the National Design Award since it was founded in 2000 (I’m proud that my partners and I were Finalists for that award a few years back ourselves). Both the exhibit and the accompanying iPod tour were designed by Design Award recipients 2×4. From the review:

But the bulk of the exhibition takes place in the palm of your hand, on a specially programmed iPod Touch, the nonphone (but wireless-enabled) version of the iPhone. Apple has lent the museum a hundred of the devices in what is either a brilliant promotional move or — given the Cooper-Hewitt’s design-minded demographic — a case of pushing to the converted. They provide access to a wealth of interviews, slide shows and snippets of performances, all related to the 78 architects and designers represented in the show. Available free, this device sends the traditional audio guide the way of the one-horse buggy.

It also turns the museum into your own private rabbit hole. The guide may be coming soon to an art exhibition near you, where it could be a fatal distraction from the art on view. But it works seamlessly in a show that is design through and through.

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A History of the World (in 100 Objects)

Jan 15, ’10 6:27 PM

From the British Museum and the BBC comes the “History of the World” website, part of a much larger project for 2010 that includes a radio show and podcast, “A History of the World in 100 Objects,” premiering this Monday.

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“Picturing the Museum” at AMNH

Jan 13, ’10 10:37 AM

“Picturing the Museum” is an absolutely wonderful – and highly addictive – library of vintage photographs of exhibits, educational events, and artifact preparation at the American Museum of Natural History.

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(Sm)art history

Dec 24, ’09 1:15 PM

A brilliant Destroyer of Free Time: “Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook.” Great idea, very well done by creators Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

Drs. Harris and Zucker: what about Smarthistory, the exhibit?

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