bonus knowledge by John Shelvin

Museum Next 2013

I’m just back from Museum Next in Amsterdam, it was a really really good conference – coming less than a month after Museums and the Web I was slightly worried there might be… Read More →

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Museums and The Web 2013

A few of my key takeaways from Museums and The Web 1. All hail the PDF  - I went to the User Testing Workshop  expecting to talk about user journeys, and developing bespoke approaches to user… Read More →

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Wouldn’t it be cool if …

I just watched this video …. It shows the redesign of Its made by the people at IMA Lab – they talk about it here >> Which made me think … Wouldn’t it… Read More →

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Museums and Digital Engagement: A New York Perspective This report highlights interesting case studies and key trends following my recent trip to New York To read the report click the image above or… Read More →

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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn museum has developed a reputation as  a world leader in digital engagement and community outreach. I remember hearing Shelley Bernstein speak at MuseumNext last year and thinking wow, that’s my kind of museum. Yesterday I got… Read More →

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This is Our Playground

For the last 6 months I’ve been working with Alan Hook on a project called ‘This is Our Playground’, a couple of weeks ago we held a Hack Day at the Ulster Museum… Read More →

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Cardboard Cities

Ever wonder what would happen if you left lots of children in a room with lots of cardboard boxes? well, it would look something like this…. Cardboard Cities was an interactive exhibition at the… Read More →

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A blog post about blogging

If your thinking of starting a blog it’s always a good idea to find lots of really interesting examples to inspire the style and contents of your blog. These are a few lists… Read More →

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Faces before Facebook

Last month I saw a really interesting exhibition at the Oslo Museum. The exhibition ‘Faces before Facebook‘ placed the museums collection within a contemporary conversation, relating traditional portrait painting to its contemporary equivalent, Facebook… Read More →

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Treasure hunt, social challenge and game building platforms

This is just a quick post with a list of some interesting treasure hunt, social challenge and game building platforms I have come across over the last couple of weeks. Would love to… Read More →

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#ArtsNI

Guest post from Karen O’Rawe @classygenes Friday saw the first ever #ArtsNI meetup for people working in or with arts organisations in Belfast. The initial concept was to create an informal get together which would… Read More →

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Race against Time

I am completely enthralled with Tate’s new mobile game, Race against Time. I’m actually rather addicted, but am currently stuck in the mid 1970′s … the goal is to get  to the present day.… Read More →

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Tags not Labels

  The Ulster Museum or as its know in Belfast ‘The Museum’ has taken an exciting approach to making a travelling exhibition a little bit more venue specific. To coincide with the V&A’s… Read More →

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Should museum websites pull in content from non museum sources?

A few weeks ago the Walker Art Center launched their new website. I was really excited to see that the site contains a range of content, and voices from across the center but also from… Read More →

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The Innovative Museum: Part 2

This is my second post on the Museum Computer Group, UK Museums on the Web Conference , you can read part 1 here >> Key Note: Jane Finnis, Culture24 ‘Let’s Get Real: How to Evaluate… Read More →

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