Month: July 2012

Drinking about Museums

Drinking about Museums

The next Drinking About Museums event is taking place tomorrow, July 18, at the Boston Children’s Museum. (To clarify, the museum visit is at the Children’s Museum; the alcohol will be consumed elsewhere.) Meet at the Children’s Museum in the lobby a little before 5:00 

A bit of fun: Regina Spektor, “All the Rowboats”

A bit of fun: Regina Spektor, “All the Rowboats”

Trust me, this really is about art museums, despite the visual imagery. Listen to the words – she’s actually making some interesting commentary on the way art is treated in museums.

Food for Thought: Should Museums Accession lolcats?

Food for Thought: Should Museums Accession lolcats?

Go and read Suse Cairns‘s fascinating exploration of native digital objects and art, and how museums can think about them and deal with them. Bonus interview with Tom Woolley, New Media Curator at the UK National Media Museum. (He’s responsible for a Life Online gallery that has a constant video of memes on it. If that’s not a cool job, I don’t know what is.)

Museums in the News

Museums in the News

Welcome to our weekly roundup of news articles about museums. Museum of Fine Arts and Red Sox collaborate on photo exhibition National Civil Rights Museum to open balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot Paul Simon museum in Troy set to shutter for lack