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Hello everyone! 

There is already a great discussion going on about museum related books that everyone is reading, but I'd like to know about what websites and blogs everyone is looking at! Either funny or informative, or both! I'd love to get a better idea of the recourse that are out there, besides AAM and NPS, as great as they both are!

Thanks everyone! 

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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I like the Art Newspaper's website.  It's great for keeping abreast of global happenings in the art and museum world.  And in addition to print and online subscriptions, they offer a free weekly newsletter:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/Newsletters/


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Barron Oda
Associate General Counsel
Bishop Museum
Honolulu HI
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Great question, Christine! Thanks for asking it.

I'm still a huge fan of Nina Simon's blog, Museum 2.0. I think she does a particularly good job of addressing the practical issues that daily face small to medium size museums while drawing upon theory from many disciplines to explain her choices. Always provocative.

That said, there are many, many very interesting blogs being written. So many that I sometimes find it challenging to keep track of them all and use The Old Reader to keep a list and myriad postings that I can quickly scan when I have a moment. Happy to share that list with you off line.

Finally, [shameless self-promotion here] each month I note 8-10 blog posts that I think might be of special interest to readers of the Museum Education Monitor (MEM). Very eclectic and tend to be taken from different blogs each month. Please see attached for a copy of the September 2014 MEM. Section 4 is Blog Posts.

Hope this helps!

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M. Christine Castle PhD
Editor, MEM
Whitby ON
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Thank you both so much!! This is definitely helpful! 

I love finding new online sources that I can reference and I really appreciate the help!

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Hi Christine-

One of my favorite museum blogs is Museum Questions (museumquestions.com).  It is geared more toward the museum education sphere, but the content is very thoughtful and thought-provoking.  The site has recently featured a series of posts on the role of field trips, and their continued relevance and significance, which, as an educator, has got me thinking more...

And there is the inimitable Nina Simon, and her blog, Museum 2.0 (museumtwo.blogspot.com).  She's simply fabulous. 

Just a couple I follow with zeal :)

Thanks,
Rachel

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Rachel Barnes
Education and Volunteer Coordinator
William S. Hart Ranch & Museum
Newhall CA
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Thank you so much, Rachel!! Museum Questions sounds really interesting! 
Being one of two employees at my museum, I wear a lot of hats. Currently I am starting work on developing a traveling trunks program for the local schools, so reading about museum education, particularly field trips, will be particularly useful!

Thank you so much for your suggestions!

Christine

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-30-2014 04:17 PM
From: Rachel Barnes
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Hi Christine-

One of my favorite museum blogs is Museum Questions (museumquestions.com).  It is geared more toward the museum education sphere, but the content is very thoughtful and thought-provoking.  The site has recently featured a series of posts on the role of field trips, and their continued relevance and significance, which, as an educator, has got me thinking more...

And there is the inimitable Nina Simon, and her blog, Museum 2.0 (museumtwo.blogspot.com).  She's simply fabulous. 

Just a couple I follow with zeal :)

Thanks,
Rachel

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Rachel Barnes
Education and Volunteer Coordinator
William S. Hart Ranch & Museum
Newhall CA
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Know Your Own Bone by Colleen Dilenschneider provides data on present and predicted trends for visitor-service organizations.  She draws a great deal on work with museums; great perspective of the non-museum person; a visitor-experience perspective. 

http://colleendilen.com/
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Art Montgomery
Education Manager
Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee WI
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-30-2014 04:20 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you so much, Rachel!! Museum Questions sounds really interesting! 
Being one of two employees at my museum, I wear a lot of hats. Currently I am starting work on developing a traveling trunks program for the local schools, so reading about museum education, particularly field trips, will be particularly useful!

Thank you so much for your suggestions!

Christine

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Thank you, Art! I appreciate it! This looks like an interesting blog and very helpful to get the non-museum perspective.

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-03-2014 09:22 AM
From: Art Montgomery
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Know Your Own Bone by Colleen Dilenschneider provides data on present and predicted trends for visitor-service organizations.  She draws a great deal on work with museums; great perspective of the non-museum person; a visitor-experience perspective. 

http://colleendilen.com/
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Art Montgomery
Education Manager
Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee WI
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-30-2014 04:20 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you so much, Rachel!! Museum Questions sounds really interesting! 
Being one of two employees at my museum, I wear a lot of hats. Currently I am starting work on developing a traveling trunks program for the local schools, so reading about museum education, particularly field trips, will be particularly useful!

Thank you so much for your suggestions!

Christine

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Christine,
 There seem to be a lot of museum related blogs out there, but not to many that post super regularly (I hate to admit, but that's myself included at www.madamuseo.com, I'm working on it!).

I do follow quite a smattering however and these are some that I would recommend, even if they don't post often, they usually have interesting content when they do:

http://museumminute.wordpress.com/
http://uncatalogedmuseum.blogspot.com/
http://themuseumofthefuture.com/
http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com/
http://blog.preservationnation.org/
http://on-exhibit.blogspot.com/
http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/

http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog

If you find any other good ones in your search, please let us know!

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Pam Schwartz
Executive Director
Boone County Historical Society
Boone, Iowa
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Thank you so much!! This is great! I'm building quite the Museum Blogs bookmark folder, haha

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 10:54 AM
From: Pam Schwartz
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Christine,
 There seem to be a lot of museum related blogs out there, but not to many that post super regularly (I hate to admit, but that's myself included at www.madamuseo.com, I'm working on it!).

I do follow quite a smattering however and these are some that I would recommend, even if they don't post often, they usually have interesting content when they do:

http://museumminute.wordpress.com/
http://uncatalogedmuseum.blogspot.com/
http://themuseumofthefuture.com/
http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com/
http://blog.preservationnation.org/
http://on-exhibit.blogspot.com/
http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/

http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog

If you find any other good ones in your search, please let us know!

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Pam Schwartz
Executive Director
Boone County Historical Society
Boone, Iowa
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Hi Christine,

I hope you might check out and add my ExhibiTricks blog: < blog.orselli.net > to your list, too!

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Paul Orselli
President and Chief Instigator
POW!
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 06:10 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you so much!! This is great! I'm building quite the Museum Blogs bookmark folder, haha

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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I'm a regular reader of Exhibittricks and a less regular blogger at Museum Commons. Www.museumcommons.com. I try to discuss topics that we in museums sometimes avoid.
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Gretchen Jennings
Editor, Exhibitionist Journal
Washington DC
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Original Message:
Sent: 11/5/2014 8:17:09 AM
From: paul@orselli.net
Subject: RE: Museum blogs and websites

Hi Christine, I hope you might check out and add my ExhibiTricks blog: < blog.orselli.net > to your list, too! ------------------------------------------- Paul Orselli President and Chief Instigator POW! -------------------------------------------
Original Message: Sent: 11-04-2014 06:10 PM From: Christine Clements Subject: Museum blogs and websites Thank you so much!! This is great! I'm building quite the Museum Blogs bookmark folder, haha ------------------------------------------- Christine Clements Curatorial Assistant Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail Warrenton VA -------------------------------------------
Original Message: Sent: 11-04-2014 10:54 AM From: Pam Schwartz Subject: Museum blogs and websites Christine,  There seem to be a lot of museum related blogs out there, but not to many that post super regularly (I hate to admit, but that's myself included at www.madamuseo.com, I'm working on it!). I do follow quite a smattering however and these are some that I would recommend, even if they don't post often, they usually have interesting content when they do: http://museumminute.wordpress.com/ http://uncatalogedmuseum.blogspot.com/ http://themuseumofthefuture.com/ http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com/ http://blog.preservationnation.org/ http://on-exhibit.blogspot.com/ http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/

http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog

If you find any other good ones in your search, please let us know! ------------------------------------------- Pam Schwartz Executive Director Boone County Historical Society Boone, Iowa -------------------------------------------

Paul:

Thanks for the encouragement to recommend something you write!

Those who work in museums & feel task saturated, time poor, & stressed might want to check out Solving Task Saturation for Museum Workers Blog http://solvetasksaturation.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/hello-world/ .


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Paul Thistle
Retired
Stratford ON
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-05-2014 08:17 AM
From: Paul Orselli
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Hi Christine,

I hope you might check out and add my ExhibiTricks blog: < blog.orselli.net > to your list, too!

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Paul Orselli
President and Chief Instigator
POW!
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 06:10 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you so much!! This is great! I'm building quite the Museum Blogs bookmark folder, haha

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Hi Christine,
I use Feedly (https://feedly.com/) to aggregate a number of museum related blogs. Here's the list of what I follow (as Pam said, not all of these are very active, but with Feedly you get 5-10 posts a day):

Barry's Blog http://blog.westaf.org/
Open Objects http://openobjects.blogspot.com/
Ideum http://ideum.com
Createquity. http://createquity.com
Know Your Own Bone http://colleendilen.com   
Museum Studies Hates You Too http://museumstudieshatesyoutoo.tumblr.com/
Thinkery https://thinkeryaustin.org
Engaging Places http://engagingplaces.net
museum geek http://museumgeek.wordpress.com
Notes From The Tenement http://www.tenement.org/blog
Field Trip Explainers http://explainers.wordpress.com
the incluseum http://incluseum.com
When You Work At a Museum... http://whenyouworkatamuseum.com/
Curator http://www.curatorjournal.org
Museum Minute http://museumminute.wordpress.com
MuseumStudies http://museumstudies.tumblr.com/
CultureGrrl http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/
ExhibiTricks http://blog.orselli.net/  
Museum 2.0 http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/
Art Museum Teaching http://artmuseumteaching.com
Inspiring Art Teachers to Explore Art History http://www.curatorscorner.com/
Museum-Ed | Museum-Ed http://www.museum-ed.org
UCL Museums & Collections Blog http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums
Museopunks http://museopunks.org
The Uncataloged Museum http://uncatalogedmuseum.blogspot.com/
Museum Anthropology http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/
Real Clear Arts http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts
Center for the Future of Museums http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/
The Museum of the Future http://themuseumofthefuture.com
Material World http://www.materialworldblog.com
Thinking about museums http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com
The Attic http://attic-museumstudies.blogspot.com/


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Peter Welsh
Professor & Director of Museum Studies
University of Kansas, Museum Studies Program
Lawrence KS
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 06:10 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you so much!! This is great! I'm building quite the Museum Blogs bookmark folder, haha

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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For anyone interested in museum architecture, I can point you to my Museum Insights blog. I don't update it frequently, but the backlist is pretty strong.

http://museuminsights.blogspot.com

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Guy Hermann
Principal
Museum Insights
http://wwww.museuminsights.com
Mystic CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-05-2014 11:10 AM
From: Peter Welsh
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Hi Christine,
I use Feedly (https://feedly.com/) to aggregate a number of museum related blogs. Here's the list of what I follow (as Pam said, not all of these are very active, but with Feedly you get 5-10 posts a day):

Barry's Blog http://blog.westaf.org/
Open Objects http://openobjects.blogspot.com/
Ideum http://ideum.com
Createquity. http://createquity.com
Know Your Own Bone http://colleendilen.com   
Museum Studies Hates You Too http://museumstudieshatesyoutoo.tumblr.com/
Thinkery https://thinkeryaustin.org
Engaging Places http://engagingplaces.net
museum geek http://museumgeek.wordpress.com
Notes From The Tenement http://www.tenement.org/blog
Field Trip Explainers http://explainers.wordpress.com
the incluseum http://incluseum.com
When You Work At a Museum... http://whenyouworkatamuseum.com/
Curator http://www.curatorjournal.org
Museum Minute http://museumminute.wordpress.com
MuseumStudies http://museumstudies.tumblr.com/
CultureGrrl http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/
ExhibiTricks http://blog.orselli.net/  
Museum 2.0 http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/
Art Museum Teaching http://artmuseumteaching.com
Inspiring Art Teachers to Explore Art History http://www.curatorscorner.com/
Museum-Ed | Museum-Ed http://www.museum-ed.org
UCL Museums & Collections Blog http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums
Museopunks http://museopunks.org
The Uncataloged Museum http://uncatalogedmuseum.blogspot.com/
Museum Anthropology http://museumanthropology.blogspot.com/
Real Clear Arts http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts
Center for the Future of Museums http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/
The Museum of the Future http://themuseumofthefuture.com
Material World http://www.materialworldblog.com
Thinking about museums http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com
The Attic http://attic-museumstudies.blogspot.com/


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Peter Welsh
Professor & Director of Museum Studies
University of Kansas, Museum Studies Program
Lawrence KS
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 06:10 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you so much!! This is great! I'm building quite the Museum Blogs bookmark folder, haha

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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I will say that two of my favorite funny blogs are: http://whenyouworkatamuseum.com/ which has many, many hilarious posts. And http://ladyhistory.tumblr.com/tagged/the-captioned-adventures-of-george-washington which is also hysterical. Both good for a laugh, and When You Work At a Museum is good for seeing what kinds of situations you might run into, or other museums run into. 

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 10:54 AM
From: Pam Schwartz
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Christine,
 There seem to be a lot of museum related blogs out there, but not to many that post super regularly (I hate to admit, but that's myself included at www.madamuseo.com, I'm working on it!).

I do follow quite a smattering however and these are some that I would recommend, even if they don't post often, they usually have interesting content when they do:

http://museumminute.wordpress.com/
http://uncatalogedmuseum.blogspot.com/
http://themuseumofthefuture.com/
http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com/
http://blog.preservationnation.org/
http://on-exhibit.blogspot.com/
http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/

http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog

If you find any other good ones in your search, please let us know!

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Pam Schwartz
Executive Director
Boone County Historical Society
Boone, Iowa
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Thanks for the shout out for my blog, Museum Questions. Here are a few more blogs of interest, which I don't think have been mentioned yet:

Interactivate
Musing on Culture
Perogative of Harlots

Happy reading!
-Rebecca

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Rebecca Herz
Independant Consultant
Peoria IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 06:24 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

I will say that two of my favorite funny blogs are: http://whenyouworkatamuseum.com/ which has many, many hilarious posts. And http://ladyhistory.tumblr.com/tagged/the-captioned-adventures-of-george-washington which is also hysterical. Both good for a laugh, and When You Work At a Museum is good for seeing what kinds of situations you might run into, or other museums run into. 

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Here is a nice list of international and US blogs posted by Museum Media.

http://museummedia.nl/links/100-best-curator-and-museum-blogs/


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Mary Ann Lendenmann
New Media Developer and Volunt
Bruce Museum
Greenwich CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 06:24 PM
From: Christine Clements
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

I will say that two of my favorite funny blogs are: http://whenyouworkatamuseum.com/ which has many, many hilarious posts. And http://ladyhistory.tumblr.com/tagged/the-captioned-adventures-of-george-washington which is also hysterical. Both good for a laugh, and When You Work At a Museum is good for seeing what kinds of situations you might run into, or other museums run into. 

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Nice list, Pam. Thanks! I can riff off that and add some more museum education-related blogs that I enjoy --

http://artmuseumteaching.com/
http://www.edgital.org/
http://engagingplaces.net/
http://intentionalmuseum.com/
http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com/ [Thinking about museums]
http://tinctureofmuseum.wordpress.com/

And, of course, my own blog FORUM - ongoing museum education research http://forum.mccastle.com/


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M. Christine Castle PhD
Editor, MEM
Whitby ON
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2014 10:54 AM
From: Pam Schwartz
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Christine,
 There seem to be a lot of museum related blogs out there, but not to many that post super regularly (I hate to admit, but that's myself included at www.madamuseo.com, I'm working on it!).

I do follow quite a smattering however and these are some that I would recommend, even if they don't post often, they usually have interesting content when they do:

http://museumminute.wordpress.com/
http://uncatalogedmuseum.blogspot.com/
http://themuseumofthefuture.com/
http://exhibitdev.wordpress.com/
http://blog.preservationnation.org/
http://on-exhibit.blogspot.com/
http://futureofmuseums.blogspot.com/

http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog

If you find any other good ones in your search, please let us know!

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Pam Schwartz
Executive Director
Boone County Historical Society
Boone, Iowa
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A German colleague started a multi-lingual registrar's blog a few years ago, and I have to say it is a treat. Registrar Trek is worth a read in any language. 
I also really dig the Dallas Museum of Art's behind the scenes blog, Uncrated
For tech nerdery, I highly, highly suggest Cooper Hewitt Labs, and SFMoMA Labs
And, just because we all need a shameless plug, the CMoA blog covers a bit of everything we do here at CMoA, and our newly hired Associate Editor has done an incredible job of infusing life in to it and getting a variety of stories on there (full disclosure, I contribute to the blog as part of my duties). 


Blog-ish is the Museopunks podcast done by my fellow Pittsburgher and Carnegie Museums employee Jeff Inscho and Suse Cairns of Baltimore Museum of Art (I think that's correct...ratio of coffee:thought is a bit off this morning). The episodes are great brain feed, and they cover a ton of topics. 

Cheers, 
Tracey



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Tracey Berg-Fulton
Collections Database Associate
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh PA
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There are a lot of great suggestions here! I would also add that Reach Advisors has a museum-related blog that often covers really interesting audience insights on museums and culture: http://reachadvisors.typepad.com/.

In addition, Know Your Own Bone (mentioned above) has been really useful to me!
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Meghan Curran
PRAM Board Member
Vice President of Marketing
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Chicago IL
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Your question has generated a great list of museum blogs and websites and introduced me to some I didn't know about. I might also suggest your taking a look at my blog, Museum Notes: www.museumnotes.blogspot.com

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Jeanne Vergeront
Minneapolis MN
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Thank you all so much for your input! This is a great list and I am really looking forward to perusing all of these blogs! 

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-06-2014 08:12 AM
From: Jeanne Vergeront
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Your question has generated a great list of museum blogs and websites and introduced me to some I didn't know about. I might also suggest your taking a look at my blog, Museum Notes: www.museumnotes.blogspot.com

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Jeanne Vergeront
Minneapolis MN
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​Hi everyone!

You might enjoy my bi-monthly newsletter called Pointers: Tips, ideas and inspiration from the world of exhibition and graphic design.

You can sign up and view back issues at: http://www.jgoldfeld-design.com/newsletter/

I just sent out a new issue which you can have a sneak peak at here: New Things, Old Things, and Favorite Things.

Another oldie-but-goodie is the Museum-L listserv.

Enjoy!

Thanks,
Johanna

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Johanna Goldfeld Design, LLC
Graphic and Exhibition Design
Tel: 718-789-1238
Visit my website: www.jgoldfeld-design.com

PS It looks like the link to the latest issue didn't come through properly. Here it is again:

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=649dc45aaf36f28af2042707e&id=dcf74ef755&e=1d15767d21



Original Message:
Sent: 11-13-2014 05:59 PM
From: Johanna Goldfeld
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

​Hi everyone!

You might enjoy my bi-monthly newsletter called Pointers: Tips, ideas and inspiration from the world of exhibition and graphic design.

You can sign up and view back issues at: http://www.jgoldfeld-design.com/newsletter/

I just sent out a new issue which you can have a sneak peak at here: New Things, Old Things, and Favorite Things.

Another oldie-but-goodie is the Museum-L listserv.

Enjoy!

Thanks,
Johanna

--
Johanna Goldfeld Design, LLC
Graphic and Exhibition Design
Tel: 718-789-1238
Visit my website: www.jgoldfeld-design.com

Hearty greetings to the blog-readers here!

Thanks to the suggestions in this discussion, my Feedly reader has been growing merrily. I would add three more blogs to the roster:

1) Ideas on Display is my own set of short musings on interesting display concepts, intended as a sort of collage board of ideas. Each post revolves around a photo I've taken of a certain display (from botanical gardens to history museums) with a bit of commentary about why I think it works well.

2) Musems, Politics and Power is written in part by Russian colleagues, and therefore frequently offers a very different view of museum issues (particularly news topics) than those in US or European sources.

3) Mead Musings is a nice example of a simple yet effective blog that gives tempting glimpses into the museum collection. It whets the appetite for an in-person visit!

Best wishes and happy reading,
Stephanie

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Stephanie Pearson
Freie Mitarbeiterin, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, UC Berkeley
stephpearson.com
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Thanks, Stephanie.  I really enjoyed looking through your blog posts.  Your eclectic approach to recording great exhibition design is very inspiring.

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Martha Sielman
Executive Director
Studio Art Quilt Associates (www.SAQA.com)
Storrs CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-24-2014 03:43 AM
From: Stephanie Pearson
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Hearty greetings to the blog-readers here!

Thanks to the suggestions in this discussion, my Feedly reader has been growing merrily. I would add three more blogs to the roster:

1) Ideas on Display is my own set of short musings on interesting display concepts, intended as a sort of collage board of ideas. Each post revolves around a photo I've taken of a certain display (from botanical gardens to history museums) with a bit of commentary about why I think it works well.

2) Musems, Politics and Power is written in part by Russian colleagues, and therefore frequently offers a very different view of museum issues (particularly news topics) than those in US or European sources.

3) Mead Musings is a nice example of a simple yet effective blog that gives tempting glimpses into the museum collection. It whets the appetite for an in-person visit!

Best wishes and happy reading,
Stephanie

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Stephanie Pearson
Freie Mitarbeiterin, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, UC Berkeley
stephpearson.com
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Thank you kindly, Martha! I'm delighted you liked it. There must be a host of tips and tricks for displaying art quilts successfully; that must be a medium with a lot of special requirements for both conservation and exhibition.

Warm wishes,
Stephanie

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Stephanie Pearson
Freie Mitarbeiterin, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, UC Berkeley
stephpearson.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-25-2014 09:56 AM
From: Martha Sielman
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thanks, Stephanie.  I really enjoyed looking through your blog posts.  Your eclectic approach to recording great exhibition design is very inspiring.

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Martha Sielman
Executive Director
Studio Art Quilt Associates (www.SAQA.com)
Storrs CT
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Actually displaying art quilts is just as simple as displaying paintings and conservation is very similar as well.  Our most successful display device has been to include journals created by the artists as they created their artworks.  Reading the journals is like looking over the artist's shoulder while they work, and it has been a wonderful way to engage visitors so that they spend longer looking at the artwork. 

You can see a brief slideshow of SAQA's "Seasonal Palette" and its Artist Journals here:
http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?cat=8&ec=3&ex=5 
with a virtual sampling of the journals here: http://www.saqa.com/memberArt.php?ID=2494

We've also experimented with including touchable studio samples on a table in the gallery space.  Fiber art is so tactile that visitors have a hard time obeying the rules about not touching.  Studio samples let visitors gratify that desire and also learn more about the art.

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Martha Sielman
Executive Director
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (www.SAQA.com)
Storrs CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-25-2014 10:16 AM
From: Stephanie Pearson
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you kindly, Martha! I'm delighted you liked it. There must be a host of tips and tricks for displaying art quilts successfully; that must be a medium with a lot of special requirements for both conservation and exhibition.

Warm wishes,
Stephanie

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Stephanie Pearson
Freie Mitarbeiterin, Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art, UC Berkeley
stephpearson.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-25-2014 09:56 AM
From: Martha Sielman
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thanks, Stephanie.  I really enjoyed looking through your blog posts.  Your eclectic approach to recording great exhibition design is very inspiring.

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Martha Sielman
Executive Director
Studio Art Quilt Associates (www.SAQA.com)
Storrs CT
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Because there have been so many good suggestions for reading in this thread, I figured it was time to combine them all into one document. If other suggestions emerge, I'll update the document. But here's what we've got so far. Enjoy!

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Guzel duChateau
Assistant Director, Strategic Communications
American Alliance of Museums
Washington DC
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Thank you soooo much! That's great! 

And thank you everyone for the suggestions! They are all wonderful!

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-03-2014 11:13 AM
From: Guzel duChateau
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Because there have been so many good suggestions for reading in this thread, I figured it was time to combine them all into one document. If other suggestions emerge, I'll update the document. But here's what we've got so far. Enjoy!

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Guzel duChateau
Assistant Director, Strategic Communications
American Alliance of Museums
Washington DC
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Hi, Christine.
You certainly have a list long enough to carry you through a pandemic, but I wanted to add Leadership Matters  which not surprisingly deals with museum leadership, and also GEMM, Gender Equity in Museums Movement, which is focused on women in the museum workplace. You can follow both on Facebook if that's easier.
Happy reading.
Joan

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Joan Baldwin
Curator-Special Collections - The Hotchkiss School
Lakeville CT
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-03-2014 11:14 AM
From: Christine Lane
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Thank you soooo much! That's great! 

And thank you everyone for the suggestions! They are all wonderful!

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Christine Clements
Curatorial Assistant
Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail
Warrenton VA


Original Message:
Sent: 12-03-2014 11:13 AM
From: Guzel duChateau
Subject: Museum blogs and websites

Because there have been so many good suggestions for reading in this thread, I figured it was time to combine them all into one document. If other suggestions emerge, I'll update the document. But here's what we've got so far. Enjoy!

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Guzel duChateau
Assistant Director, Strategic Communications
American Alliance of Museums
Washington DC
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I'd like to add:

http://twistedpreservation.com/

Franklin Vagnone writes about his perspective on historic house interpretation and exhibit design elements. He did a webinar with AASLH recently that was really quite good.

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George Buss
Director of Experience & Education
Minnetrista
Muncie IN
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Adding to the list, these come to mind:

• RK&A's blog
• Aubrey Bergauer (not strictly museums, but the ideas are valuable and applicable, IMO)
• Ed Rodley
• SloverLinett
• SuperHelpful Letters (my blog/newsletter)

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Kyle Bowen
Principal, SuperHelpful
Huntington, NY
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