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Personal Branding

Personal Branding

Have you ever Googled yourself? Try it. See what comes up. I’ll wait. So, now that you’ve done that – were you surprised by anything? The internet seems so transient that it can be difficult to remember that every bit of it is saved forever. 

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 

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 

Museums in the News

Museums in the News

Welcome to our weekly roundup of museums in the news!

Nantucket lightship turned into a museum

National Women’s History Museum Makes Changes After HuffPost Investigation

A Jazz Museum Grows Up

Texas police search for man who spray-painted over a Picasso

Donated helium to lift NY museum’s replica balloon

Ohio museum to return 2,500-year-old water jug, believed dug up illegally, to Italy

Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York and the Challenge of a Rural Art Museum

Marine museum gets $12M gift for new galleries

Wis. Museum Shows Off Awkward Family Photos

Abe stars in movie, at museum