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Britain Can Make It!

Miko — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:53:28 -0800

Making the Modern World presents a set of twisty little passages through the history of science and invention, from the eighteenth century to the contemporary era, brought to you by the UK's Science Museum.

Object Lessons

Miko — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:41:06 -0800

What Should Museums Throw Out? At a time when controversial moves by major art museums are making the public more aware than ever of how museums collect or discard objects, the University College of London's museum invites visitors to play curator in the exhibit Disposal, viewing some white-elephant objects and determining their fate. The museum also just wrapped up another innovative exhibit on objects and point of vew, Object Retrieval, in which one object was explored and responded to by a rolling team of contributors from varying displines, 24 hours a day, for one week.

The Virtual Museum of Iraq

homunculus — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:55:43 -0800

The Virtual Museum of Iraq.

The fascinating world of conservation

tellurian — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:31:52 -0800

Biohistorical research • Wax engraving • The Thinker after the bomb • Alfred Stieglitz's palladium photographs • Tibetan bronzes with interior contents • The examination and treatment of a pair of boots from the Aleutian Islands — A small sample of the articles available from the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (JAIC).

The Sheffield Museum of Anaesthesia

Faint of Butt — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:45:35 -0800

The Sheffield Museum of Anaesthesia presents its collection of mysterious, terrifying antique items once used to render people unconscious.

"Art too bad to be ignored"

Cat Pie Hurts — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:54:07 -0800

From Sunday on the Pot with George to In the Cat's Mouth* to Think Again, The Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA) is "the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms." Some images NSFW *: my personal favorite previously (original long deadlinked)

the new museum of modern arts

SamsFoster — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:25:59 -0800

Stunning Conceptual Alternative Design for the New Museum of Contemporary Art Tower

Land, Eagle, Land

Miko — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:48:18 -0800

We Chose the Moon: The JFK Library and Museum has just launched this interactive web experience using archival audio, video, photos, and recorded transmissions to re-create, in real time, the July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

The New Acropolis Museum

shoesfullofdust — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:51:05 -0800

After more than 30 years of competions and planning and eight years of construction, the New Acropolis Museum officially opens today. The museum, designed by Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, provides a dramatic new home for the many historic treasures of the Acropolis, including the marbles of the Parthenon frieze. Take a tour with BBC's Malcolm Brabant. View some slideshows [1][2][3]. Check out a 2,600 year Google timeline of links. Or perhaps you'd just like to play with the Parthenon frieze. While the new museum raises hope for the return of the Elgin Marbles, there is no sign that the British Museum is willing to consider this idea.

Banksy Takes Bristol

shoesfullofdust — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:18:04 -0800

"This is the first show I've ever done where taxpayers' money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off."

Flash Packets

Miko — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:10:39 -0800

Skin & Bones is a new exhibit about sailor tattoos and their symbolism and history, developed at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia. NYTimes story with neat art slideshow.

"What we are seeing in this project is that all of Europe was a camp."

kirkaracha — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:07:59 -0800

"What we are seeing in this project is that all of Europe was a camp." The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum just released the first volume of a projected seven-volume Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945. "They assumed the finished work would be massive, featuring a staggering 5,000 to 7,000 camps and ghettos. They underestimated by 15,000." Sample articles: Buchenwald/Halle, Early Camp/Hainewalde, and Early Camp/Hainichen.

MUM's the word: The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health

maudlin — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:54:49 -0800

"May God close your horable museum." Because I can't believe this has never been the subject of a full post here before, although it keeps popping up in comments: The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health. The inimitable Harry Finley has assembled a dizzying and oddly comprehensive site. It may be a bit much to take in one go (dilute, dilute, OK?), but you might dip in at: menstrual slapping; patent medicines; facts of life booklets; the Little Doozee; pre-twentieth century menstrual products and practices; Lysol douching, yay and nay; or the tour of the museum inside Harry's house (now closed). Also: cats, because Harry likes cats.

Bantoro = Henry Ford

Miko — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:25:07 -0800

Museum archivist, exploring Henry Ford's office records, stumbles into the interesting world of commercial telegraphic code.

How come nothin is tagged "nekkid?"

Miko — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:19:25 -0800

Tag! You're It! The Brooklyn Museum is inviting its user community to tag its online collection.

On This Ground

Miko — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:48:32 -0800

The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is a directory of historic sites that interpret themes related to ethical, political, and social issues worldwide.

MoMA Redux

netbros — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:34:19 -0800

The Museum of Modern Art began working in late 2007 to renovate its Web site substantially for the first time since 2002. It knew that it wouldn’t be just updating a few pieces — it would be entering a whole new era. Earlier this month, the new site launched, and is an almost complete reconstruction of how the museum presents itself online. It features livelier images from its collection and exhibitions, increased use of video and the new interactive calendars and maps.

Holography Museum in Danger

LSK — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:49:13 -0800

A woman with dementia runs (and lives at) the Chicago Museum of Holography, but due to a million-dollar loan she took out in 2002, the museum might be in danger.

Storage closets of the American Museum of Natural History

serazin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:12:32 -0800

Backstage at the American Museum of Natural History: an essay and a slideshow.

The Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum

Joe Beese — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:00:49 -0800

The mission of The Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum is to preserve the history of the cultural contributions of Burt Reynolds. (previously) We are at 100 North US Highway 1, on the Northwest corner of US1 and Indiantown Road across from Chili's. (previously)

Mejlbystenen

sveskemus — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:17:05 -0800

An inanimate object comes to life: The interactive staging of the thousand year old runic stone Mejlbystenen. You can download a higher quality version of the movie here.

Art Museum for sale.

R. Mutt — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:30:01 -0800

Art Museum for sale. Rocked by a budget crisis, Brandeis University will close its Rose Art Museum and sell off a 6,000-object collection that includes work by such contemporary masters as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Nam June Paik. The LA Times makes the Madoff connection.

Global Museum

Miko — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:24:53 -0800

Global Museum is sort of a daily paper for the museum world. The site, which marked its tenth year in 2008, aggregates museum news, job listings, and links from around the world, helping readers stay up-to-date on issues and events like artifact repatriation, art theft and trade, archaeological discoveries, innovative programs, unusual museums, threats to collections from war and natural disasters, and plenty of stuff just for fun. I think of this as sort of the Daily News of the museum world. It's not as official in function as Museum,the industry publication put out by the American Association of Museums, so it's informal, faster-moving, fun and broad in scope - for depth of analysis, you probably want to go elsewhere, but for an informal roundup of happenings and trends, it's just the ticket. The design is busy-looking (flashing radio buttons - look out!) and it's ad-filled, but I've been reading it almost daily for years and always find items of interest. Don't miss the piece on the front page today about a workhouse museum helping the British Medical Journal re-create Oliver Twist's diet and analyze it for nutritional content.

I is for Islamic. M is for Museum. Pei is for Pei.

grapefruitmoon — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:28:08 -0800

Famous for his Western works, such as the Louvre Pyramid, Chinese architect I.M. Pei has capped off his long career with The Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar. The architecture of the museum is a blend of Islamic and modern elements, resulting in a sort of cubist sculpture. The collection, meant to be an overview of Islamic art throughout history, is extensive but not without a few flaws. Islamic art on MeFi: here, here, here, here

SCIENCE!!!

tellurian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:46:29 -0800

The Evoluon was a museum dedicated to science and technology, and the place of technology in society. It was closed for the public in 1989 and has not been re-opened as a public museum since. Watch the wonderfully 60s promotion (worth it just for the soundtrack). [via]