February 15th – the day after Valentine’s Day. The perfect day to ask the public, museums and culture venues internationally to share items they would like to see go into #Museum101 (like George Orwell’s 1984 book and Room 101). The idea came when I mentioned to Linda Spurdle I was …
Almost on a daily basis I’m being contacted about a hashtag for culture to show they care about what is going on in the world. #RefugeesMakeCulture #dayoffacts #thankyouNEA #thankyouIMLS and more. My concern is we are going to dilute the message and overwhelm the same people we want to support. …
Re-sharing from MuseumCamp.org: Welcome to Museumcamp – the home of the museums unconference. With a passion for cake! If you’ve previously attended one of our Museumcamp unconferences you’ll be pleased to know we’re planning more. And if you haven’t – good timing, you will get the chance soon. We haven’t had a …
Really enjoyed Actually Reality at Royal Academy. It’s opening to the public January 12-14 (yes, a very short run) but if you want to experience art in a virtual world (instead of just walking around it as most platforms allow), this is the perfect exhibition. I also like the fact …
Our first 52 Museums Instagram project has wrapped up for this year and overall it has been a huge success, far better than even expected. At the end of each we ask all participants to complete a survey, give us their thoughts on how it went; what went well and …
For #2017 I’m going to be more social. Every day I will try to chat to at least 3 people on my timeline.#BringSocialBacktoSocialMedia pic.twitter.com/WfzPVh2hiD — Mar Dixon 🍰 (@MarDixon) January 1, 2017 For the past few months (cough 2016 cough) I’ve been observing the lack of conversations and rise of …
I realise I haven’t updated my website in a bit but it’s not lack of thoughts to share (more of a lack of time from travelling). This issue has been brewing for awhile as it’s an international issue that not many seem to speak about. The current ‘hot topic’ is …
First, a big thank you to everyone who took part, followed, liked, and got involved with @52Museums on Instagram and Twitter in 2016. It grew bigger than anyone could have expected. The evaluation will be shared (once there has been time to process it!) You can find more information about …
Since launching @52Museums I’ve been amazed to see the growth of museums on Instagram (yes it was happening before but this is my point of view). As the project has been running, more and more museums have contacted me to join in on the list and to say they are …
Participation It’s a word we tend to use a lot but never really define as we also spend a lot of time pretending to think like the ‘user’ or ‘visitor’ – mapping out ways for the them to see the exhibition/collection with a sprinkle of ‘entertaining’ activities. However, us humans, …
