What does it look like when the collection you're digitizing is full of beetles and butterflys? How old is too old (or not old enough) for something to be put on display in a museum? Can I get a PhD while I wander thru the galleries? Is Leonardo DiCaprio a good event co-chair or is he a dead weight like that one board members wife who gets added to the committees just to keep her busy? Will I ever get these podcast spots to shrink below 30 minutes?
The world may never know...
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Articles mentioned include:
Biological museums work to digitize and publish entire collections
https://shar.es/15gUbo
New Online Openness Lets Museums Share Works With the World
http://nyti.ms/1kQ5UTe
Gary Brown: Recapturing my youth through museum displays
https://shar.es/15gUpb
Meet the group that’s hacking museums at Tuesday’s Brooklyn Tech Meetup
http://technical.ly/brooklyn/2015/10/26/museum-hack-brooklyn-tech-meetup/
Field Museum Admission Hike Reflects History of Debt, Misplaced Optimism
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2015/10/26/field-museum-admission-hike-reflects-history-debt-misplaced-optimism
Museums, Always Educational, Now Confer Degrees
http://nyti.ms/1Hb0eYy
Michael Govan: A museum director who goes beyond the gallery walls
http://wpo.st/jcDk0
