By: Dan Keeffe
It’s perhaps cliché that “you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression,” but that was our mantra last spring at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County as we went about planning for the opening of our new Dinosaur Hall in July 2011. By Labor Day we had successfully navigated opening 14,000 square feet of new exhibition space and nearly doubling our attendance...
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April 20, 2012
By: Jessica Horowitz
The Bay Area Discovery Museum recently welcomed internationally-known artist Patrick Dougherty to create a new sculpture to replace his first piece, located in the Museum’s Lookout Cove, a large outdoor exhibit space. Titled Peekaboo Palace, this new exhibit overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge. This immersive sculpture brings adults and children together through encouraging...
The Bay Area Discovery Museum recently welcomed internationally-known artist Patrick Dougherty to create a new sculpture to replace his first piece, located in the Museum’s Lookout Cove, a large outdoor exhibit space. Titled Peekaboo Palace, this new exhibit overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge. This immersive sculpture brings adults and children together through encouraging...
April 19, 2012
REGISTER NOW!
2012 National Asian Pacific Islander Historic Preservation Forum
June 21st- June 23rd
at the California Endowment
1000 North Alameda Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Registration PricesIndividual | $150
Early bird | $125 (until May 15th, 2012)
Student | $100
Reception only | $75
(Sponsored by Guam Preservation Trust)
Featuring Keynote Speaker, Lisa See, critically acclaimed author of...
2012 National Asian Pacific Islander Historic Preservation Forum
June 21st- June 23rd
at the California Endowment
1000 North Alameda Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
Registration PricesIndividual | $150
Early bird | $125 (until May 15th, 2012)
Student | $100
Reception only | $75
(Sponsored by Guam Preservation Trust)
Featuring Keynote Speaker, Lisa See, critically acclaimed author of...
April 19, 2012
Meet and interact online with museum colleagues working in mobile interpretation from around the globe, and walk away with practical knowledge you can put to use immediately at your institution. In the fourth edition of the popular series, this online conference features an impressive line-up of speakers who will be sharing insights on topics including the development of tablet-based mobile...
April 18, 2012
By: Renee Montgomery
Recently, San Francisco was the site of the annual ALI-ABA seminar for museums, a 2 ½ day discussion of new developments and practices regarding various points of law affecting museums, sponsored by the American Law Institute – American Bar Association. Day 1 of the meeting focused on intellectual property, copyright, trademark and web issues, highlighted by a presentation...
Recently, San Francisco was the site of the annual ALI-ABA seminar for museums, a 2 ½ day discussion of new developments and practices regarding various points of law affecting museums, sponsored by the American Law Institute – American Bar Association. Day 1 of the meeting focused on intellectual property, copyright, trademark and web issues, highlighted by a presentation...
April 17, 2012
This is the third year of this informative survey with over 600 international participants. The survey’s purpose is to advance discussions on the types of mobile experiences that are most successful based on a museums’ varying resources. Two main survey threads explore 1) insights to help inform decisions on whether an museum’s mobile experiences be in or out-of-gallery, be available for free...
April 13, 2012
By: Irene Rodriguez
As March 22 and 23 were approaching, I was looking forward to meeting again with my WMA Program Committee colleagues and discussing the potential sessions and creating an energizing Annual Meeting for Palm Springs (especially since my institution will be one of the hosting venues).
Before the Program Committee (PC) meeting, work needed to be accomplished from the discussion at...
As March 22 and 23 were approaching, I was looking forward to meeting again with my WMA Program Committee colleagues and discussing the potential sessions and creating an energizing Annual Meeting for Palm Springs (especially since my institution will be one of the hosting venues).
Before the Program Committee (PC) meeting, work needed to be accomplished from the discussion at...
March 29, 2012
REIMAGINING MUSEUMS: PRACTICE IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Edited by Pamela Erskine-Loftus
DEADLINES:
ABSTRACTS: due 7 April CONTRIBUTORS NOTIFIED: by 16 April COMPLETED PAPERS: due 18 June
We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming book, being published by MuseumsEtc [www.museumsetc.com] in Autumn 2012.
Although often thought of internationally as a new phenomenon...
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