Précis: As museums close their physical spaces due to the mandate of social distancing, their digital collections take on unprecedented importance: sustaining their audience engagement, enabling ongoing scholarship, and inspiring all of us to #museumfromhome. Might the full digitization of a museum’s permanent collection be a worthy priority going forward?—a means of virtual art conservation […]
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COVID-19 Museum Mandate
If records cannot be accessed or shared online, the very mission of the museum is at risk. This is a moment for museum professionals to enter new arenas and test digital tools that transform and improve how they work.
Museums, Cowboys and Yoga Instructors
Pushing through what stops most from trying something new: overthinking and feeling awkward.
The Startup Juggling Act
As leaders, let’s not worry about wasting time; let’s be patient with it, let’s learn from it.
Art & Copyright: Four Steps to Help Reduce Risk in Re-Use
When museums add transparency to ownership records and the copyright determination process, they can reduce risk – and increase confidence in the creative re-use of art by the public.