http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/
Fresh+New is a blog primarily written by Seb Chan at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. The purpose of the site is to act as a repository and sounding board for discussions around digital media and its use in museums. It evolved from a team discussion tool into a sector resource.
GLAM is an acronym for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums. It also incorporates other institutions such as theatres, zoos, botanical gardens, public broadcasters etc.
The GLAM-WIKI project supports GLAMs and other institutions who want to work with Wikimedia to produce open-access, freely-reusable content for the public.
As one of the first of a ‘new style’ of museum online collections, launching several internet generations ago in 2006, the Powerhouse Museum’s collection database has been undergoing a rethink in recent times. Five years is a very long time on the web and not only has the landscape of online museum collections radically changed, but so to has the way researchers, including curators, use these online collections as part of their own research practices.
Tongue and Lips: Designing the Rolling Stones logo / Graphics / Things / V&A Channel.
John Pasche was still a student at the Royal College of Art when he was asked to design an image for a Rolling Stones tour in 1971. As Pasche explains in this film Mick Jagger invited the young designer to his Chelsea home to brief him. The logo was initially inspired less by Mick Jagger’s famous pouting lips than by the Indian goddess Kali who is often portrayed with a protruding pointed tongue. The image was an immediate success. Pasche was paid £50 and commissioned to design a logo which has featured on every Stones album since.
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk
THE one-stop shop for everything to do with Collections in museums, archives, libraries and galleries!
Collections Link brings together resources, networks, case studies, suppliers, training opportunities, interactives – in fact, everything you need to help you do your job.
But it’s not just about using the website – they have provided social tools which let you create a profile, interact with other users, form groups, organise events and share documents.
Benesse Art Site Naoshima, managed by Benesse Corporation and Naoshima Fukutake Museums Foundation, is a collective term for the art activities that extend throughout the entire Seto Inland area, with Naoshima Island as its centre. Their aim is to become a guidepost to understanding what it means to ‘live well’ (benesse). Currently, Benesse House, Art House Project and Chichu Art Museum are open to the public.
Arna-Jharna: The Desert Museum of Rajasthan is an attempt to re-imagine what a museum could be. Instead of being enclosed in a box, it celebrates the open spaces of the desert, including its flora and fauna, as part of a larger holistic exploration of the museum as a place of learning.
Envisioned by the late Komal Kothari, one of India’s leading folklorists and oral historians, the Arna-Jharna Museum can be described as a process of interactive learning experiences linked to traditional knowledge systems.
Scottish musician and blogger Momus provides interesting cultural critiques and other thoughts. Aka Nick Currie.
http://imomus.livejournal.com/
