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Please Turn On Your Phone in the Museum

Please Turn On Your Phone in the Museum | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.theatlantic.com - October 27, 2016 5:09 PM
Cultural institutions learn to love selfies, tailor-made apps, and social media.
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R Hollingsworth's curator insight, October 31, 2016 9:42 AM
Love the fact that they are working on tailor-made apps to help drive social media (vs. being a victim)
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The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remix

The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remix | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.openculture.com - August 7, 2016 1:29 PM


Earlier this week, Oxford's Bodleian Library announced that it had digitized a 550 year old copy of the Gutenberg Bible along with a number of other ancient bibles, some of them quite beautiful. Not to be outdone, the British Library came out with its own announcement on Thursday:
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Dr. Helen Teague's curator insight, October 4, 2016 5:21 PM
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Free: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Offer 474 Free Art Catalogues Online

Free: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Offer 474 Free Art Catalogues Online | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.openculture.com - August 5, 2013 5:11 PM
If you like reading about visual art but don't like spending the considerable sums required to build your own library of vintage exhibition catalogues, feel free to borrow from another collector.
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Kimberly Cohen's curator insight, August 5, 2013 8:50 PM

It's fantastic that this type of access to works of art is available. 

 
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Free: The Guggenheim Puts 65 Modern Art Books Online

Free: The Guggenheim Puts 65 Modern Art Books Online | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.openculture.com - March 3, 2013 2:04 PM
In recent days, the museum has made 65 art catalogues available online, all free of charge.
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UFO Secrets To Be Revealed At National Atomic Testing Museum

UFO Secrets To Be Revealed At National Atomic Testing Museum | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.huffingtonpost.com (via @thescoop1) - September 24, 2012 3:33 PM
Four retired Army and Air Force colonels and a former British Ministry of Defense investigator join forces this weekend at the National Atomic Testing Museum to speak on a subject public officials rarely address -- UFOs.
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Six Ways Boston's Museums are Utilizing Social Media to Bring Their Exhibits to Life

Six Ways Boston's Museums are Utilizing Social Media to Bring Their Exhibits to Life | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From bostinno.com (via @BPLBoston) - February 21, 2012 8:34 PM
For a generation captivated by smartphones and iPads, museums can often invoke horrific memories of getting in trouble during your fifth grade field trip to (RT @lisa_decanio: How local museums are using social media
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Stephanie Maxwell's curator insight, August 5, 2014 12:29 PM

Boston's Museums and social media
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Educational Technology Guy: Guggenheim Museum makes 65 Art Catalogs Available Online

Educational Technology Guy: Guggenheim Museum makes 65 Art Catalogs Available Online | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com - January 16, 2012 2:31 AM
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Natural History Museum's new Bugs Count app launched | Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum's new Bugs Count app launched | Natural History Museum | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.nhm.ac.uk - November 20, 2011 7:59 AM
Natural History Museum's new Bugs Count app is launched, Sept 2011.
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Museum of London - Museum of London apps

Museum of London - Museum of London apps | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.museumoflondon.org.uk - November 20, 2011 7:57 AM
Take the Museum of London to the streets with our free apps!
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Museums and Zoo | Smithsonian

Museums and Zoo | Smithsonian | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.si.edu - November 7, 2011 6:00 AM

The Smithsonian Institution includes 19 museums and galleries and the National Zoological Park.

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Smithsonian Education - Educators

Smithsonian Education - Educators | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From smithsonianeducation.org - November 7, 2011 5:56 AM
Standards based lesson plans, activities, and teaching tools on art, history, science, and technology. Field trips, professional development, and access to Smithsonian museum collections and research.
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Should museums be using social media more creatively? | Tate Blog

Should museums be using social media more creatively? | Tate Blog | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From blog.tate.org.uk (via @sararadice) - September 3, 2011 9:55 AM

The Tate blog: A space a to keep up to date with what we're working on and to discuss art and culture.  Should museums be using social media more creatively?

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A museum in search of self - Ha'aretz

A museum in search of self - Ha'aretz | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.haaretz.com - August 6, 2011 1:25 AM
Ha'aretzA museum in search of selfHa'aretzThe museum, which will be expanded to more than twice its present size with the opening of the new building - its most significant expansion since its inception - has a relatively small team of curators...
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Ancient Egypt collection

Ancient Egypt collection | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk - October 7, 2016 3:40 PM
Explore Ancient Egypt in one of the largest Egyptology collections in the UK.
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The National Portrait Gallery/Museum Information/Visit

The National Portrait Gallery/Museum Information/Visit | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.npg.si.edu - January 29, 2014 2:26 AM
The National Portrait Gallery is dedicated tothe exhibition and study of portraits of people who have made significant contribution to American history and culture and to the study of the artists who created such portraiture.
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Tech Museums Offer Educational Slant To Summer Travel

Tech Museums Offer Educational Slant To Summer Travel | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From news.investors.com - June 15, 2013 2:07 PM
If you want to put an educational — but fun — spin on summer vacation, consider a trip to a tech museum.
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Free Choice Learning: What Teachers Can Learn From Museums - Getting Smart by Winifred Kehl - Free Choice Learning, Innovation, Museums

Free Choice Learning: What Teachers Can Learn From Museums - Getting Smart by Winifred Kehl - Free Choice Learning, Innovation, Museums | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From gettingsmart.com - February 28, 2013 6:18 AM
What does a public school classroom have in common with a museum exhibition hall? The answer has nothing to do with oversized models or informative laminated labels - and everything to do with the joy of learning.
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Un-Stuffy Museum: The Louvre Goes High-Tech with Video Console Guides

Un-Stuffy Museum: The Louvre Goes High-Tech with Video Console Guides | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.time.com - May 29, 2012 11:03 AM
One of Europe's most venerable museums is charging headfirst into the digital era with video game console guides to replace their old audio guides — a move that could attract a new generation of museum-goers...
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American Museum of Natural Historyl - YouTube

From www.youtube.com - February 20, 2012 10:22 AM
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions.
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30 Creative Ways Museums are Celebrating the Holidays Through Social Media

30 Creative Ways Museums are Celebrating the Holidays Through Social Media | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From colleendilen.com - December 24, 2011 3:15 AM
Happy holidays, everyone! This is a great time of the year for zoos, aquariums and museums online.
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Google's Goggles App Brings The Getty Museum To Life

Google's Goggles App Brings The Getty Museum To Life | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From gizmodo.com - November 20, 2011 7:58 AM
Google Goggles is getting all museum-y on us.
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Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration - Augmented Reality AR App | American Museum of Natural History

Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration - Augmented Reality AR App | American Museum of Natural History | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.amnh.org - November 20, 2011 7:56 AM
Find a Mars-bound spaceship, glimpse a near-Earth asteroid, watch an elevator take off from the Moon, and more in this new augmented reality (AR) app created as companion to the exhibition.

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Dead Sea Scrolls Go Online in Israel Museum Project With Google

Dead Sea Scrolls Go Online in Israel Museum Project With Google | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.bloomberg.com - September 27, 2011 10:58 AM
The Dead Sea Scrolls, so ancient and fragile that direct light cannot shine on them, are now available to search and read online in a project launched today by the Israel Museum and Google Inc.

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Out of This World - About the exhibition

Out of This World - About the exhibition | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
From www.bl.uk - August 24, 2011 9:26 AM
Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it...
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