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What works works well in using arts and creativity as a means of addressing loneliness? How can this learning can be applied to other sectors and strands of work for improved community connection? Hear from Leonardo Bravo (The Museum of Modern Art) at Loneliness: The next five years and be part of this conversation: https://lnkd.in/esseZRBG

#Legacy150: 'The Museum will not be Decolonised' conference schedule is now live https://lnkd.in/gyTEreAh Sumaya Kassim writes that “Museums are not neutral in their preservation of history. In fact, arguably, they are sites of forgetfulness and fantasy”. Her discussion was based on work she and colleagues did with Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and it holds true of many museums throughout the UK. It is the “forgetfulness” of the objects’ lived history and the “fantasy” of these objects being out of time that is endemic in museum spaces. In this conference we discuss objects held in non-ethnographic museums and explore what they mean as representations of human experience, how we can accurately represent their lived experience using digital technologies and their weight as political and social signifiers in the contemporary world. The conference provides a space for interested parties to discuss the ways objects are presented and their histories represented.

Thanks so much to the folks who attended our webinar last week—your questions were great and we learned a lot from you! In fact, we'd love to get more feedback from the museum community: Are you a museum or cultural institution that uses multiple systems for storing and collecting data? If so, could you spare 15 min to a half hour to talk to us for market research purposes? Let us know in the comments! #museums #museumdata #museumtech #museumanalytics #usmuseums

Oops LAST DAY sorry for the late notice, but GET YOUR MAP application in TODAY! Its a lot of work but a GREAT chance to set goals, assess strengths, address barriers and make an action plan, plus work with an amazing cadre of program officers and peer reviewers focused on helping your organization set and achieve your desired outcomes! #MAP #MuseumAssessmentProgram #AAM #IMLS #DueNow

Last week, I attended Museums Computer Group (MCG) #musetech23 conference; it was really fascinating. I wanted to highlight some amazing research that Indigo Ltd have done. In a survey of over 2,500 museum visitors: 🌟 72% of museum visitors want information about how to travel more sustainably to the museum. 🌟 75% of museum visitors want digital exhibition guides, 🌟48% want digital interpretation. 🌟62% of museum visitors want museums to engage with visitors and facilitate conversations. To find out more about their research, follow this link: https://lnkd.in/eu3qh58w e-Curatorship could help with forfilling the needs of our visitors. Check out my blog to find out more: https://lnkd.in/e2Jg3Y6U #museums #digitalmuseums #climatechange #climateadaptation

Disposal Bootcamp: Putting it into Practice 🥾 Not long to go until we get together on 19 June to discuss taking a more proactive and positive approach to disposal ✅ Case studies will explore what the future holds for disposal and transfer of museum collections 👇 #MuseumDisposal

The design and implementation of appropriate museum lighting is a crucial element of both collections care and curatorial decision making. What's the difference between natural and artificial light sources and how can you use them? https://bit.ly/3stbLpx #lightmonitoring #collections #museums

Exclusion happens everywhere in the museum. From the objects that the curator choose to collect, to the presence or absence of stories in the interpretation and the exhibitions, and the displays. How those interpretations are framed, how a museum reaches out to communities to tell particular stories or to tell stories they are already telling. Museums choose stories they are telling. And they do so in a way that suggest or we suggest it is for our core audience. And these are the people who already sees themselves in the stories that we present, in the objects on Display. And they are the people who are already coming. We serve them, and we continue to serve them. But many lives and experiences are not represented in the stories. Or at worst even considered in the planning and development of exhibitions, programmes and events. #20daylinkedinchallengewithhaoma #inclusivity #museums

Explore new data cuts for the 2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers! 📊 When your museum participates in the annual survey, you can get actionable insights into the latest data on museum-goers at your museum, comparisons with the broader field, and possibly additional data cuts. 🔍 For 2024, we can offer these additional survey data cuts when five or more similar museums participate by museum type, specific locations, and budget range: https://lnkd.in/dDbBTSiv Don't miss out on this useful tool for benchmarking and planning. Enroll in the annual survey by February 28, before rates increase: https://lnkd.in/guSQCJjT

Spotting your book on someone else's bookshelf is always a delightful sight. You know you've truly made it when you can detect a fine layer of dust gracefully outlining the last copy that sold. :) Very avant-garde. 📚✨😄 #ai #artificialintelligence #artificialintelligenceforbusiness #business #machinelearning #booklovers #book #bookcommunity #bookclub