Helpful Blogs & Websites
Archives & Museum Informatics
www.archimuse.com
Archives & Museum Informatics is a great resource for museum and cultural heritage professionals. The website includes an on-line community data-base, e-publications, listings of future conferences, seminars and workshops, along with an extensive archive of past events.
Beth.typepad
beth.typepad.com/
This blog explores how non-profits make use of social media, including blogging, tagging, wikis, photo sharing, video blogging, screencasting, social networking sites, and virtual worlds.
Electronic Museum
http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/
Electronic Museum is an online forum dedicated to contemporary issues regarding museums and the Web.
Exhibitfiles.org
www.exhibitfiles.org/
Exhibitfiles.org is an online community of exhibition designers and developers.
ExhibiTricks
http://blog.orselli.net/
ExhibiTricks is a blog geared towards museum exhibition designers.
Fresh + New
www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/
Fresh + New is a blog of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia. It provides an online forum for discussion regarding the role of digital media in museums.
History Carnival
www.historycarnival.org
Historycarnival.org is a monthly blog, that focuses on history, historiography and teaching.
Musematic
http://musematic.net/
Musematic is a blog that focuses on the world of museum informatics and technology.
Museumblogs
www.museumblogs.org
Museumblogs.org maintains a directory of museum and museum-related blogs and allows visitors to post related material.
Museums Computer Group
www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk/links.shtml
This website provides a discussion forum for museum professionals and others who work with computers and new technologies.
Museum Computer Network
www.mcn.edu
The Museum Computer Network is nonprofit organization made up of information professionals from museums and heritage institutions in the US and around the world. Their website features a wide variety of online resources geared towards museum professionals.
Museum 2.0
www.museumtwo.blogspot.com
Museum 2.0 is a blog that considers the various ways in which today's museums are embracing and making use of the latest 2.0 technologies.
MuseTech Central
www.musetechcentral.org/
A joint initiative of the Museum Computer Network and the Museum Software Foundation, musetechcentral.org provides an online registry where museum professionals can share information about technology-related projects.
The National Museum of American History: "Museum on the Web"
www.americanhistory.si.edu
The National Museum of American History's website encourages "virtual" visitors to upload memories, experiences, traditions and history to a "virtual memory book" by means of text, images and audio. The information is posted on the website for other virtual visitors to see.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation/Preservation Nation
http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation
Through their website, www.preservationnation.org, The National Trust allows visitors to become involved with the organization and other visitors through Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, links, and a page of Facebook.
The National Trust Historic Sites Weblog
http://historicsites.wordpress.com
A resource for the National Trust Historic Sites, this blog provides up to date news and information on current events and issues including preservation, collections care, management and historical interpretation. Contributors to the blog are staff at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and National Trust Historic Sites.
Reach Advisors
http://reachadvisors.typepad.com/museum_audience_insight/
Reach Advisors is a marketing strategy firm focused on serving community-driven enterprises, including museums. This blog is intended to bring information to the museum community and provide a forum for professionals across the museum field.
www.archimuse.com
Archives & Museum Informatics is a great resource for museum and cultural heritage professionals. The website includes an on-line community data-base, e-publications, listings of future conferences, seminars and workshops, along with an extensive archive of past events.
Beth.typepad
beth.typepad.com/
This blog explores how non-profits make use of social media, including blogging, tagging, wikis, photo sharing, video blogging, screencasting, social networking sites, and virtual worlds.
Electronic Museum
http://electronicmuseum.org.uk/
Electronic Museum is an online forum dedicated to contemporary issues regarding museums and the Web.
Exhibitfiles.org
www.exhibitfiles.org/
Exhibitfiles.org is an online community of exhibition designers and developers.
ExhibiTricks
http://blog.orselli.net/
ExhibiTricks is a blog geared towards museum exhibition designers.
Fresh + New
www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/
Fresh + New is a blog of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia. It provides an online forum for discussion regarding the role of digital media in museums.
History Carnival
www.historycarnival.org
Historycarnival.org is a monthly blog, that focuses on history, historiography and teaching.
Musematic
http://musematic.net/
Musematic is a blog that focuses on the world of museum informatics and technology.
Museumblogs
www.museumblogs.org
Museumblogs.org maintains a directory of museum and museum-related blogs and allows visitors to post related material.
Museums Computer Group
www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk/links.shtml
This website provides a discussion forum for museum professionals and others who work with computers and new technologies.
Museum Computer Network
www.mcn.edu
The Museum Computer Network is nonprofit organization made up of information professionals from museums and heritage institutions in the US and around the world. Their website features a wide variety of online resources geared towards museum professionals.
Museum 2.0
www.museumtwo.blogspot.com
Museum 2.0 is a blog that considers the various ways in which today's museums are embracing and making use of the latest 2.0 technologies.
MuseTech Central
www.musetechcentral.org/
A joint initiative of the Museum Computer Network and the Museum Software Foundation, musetechcentral.org provides an online registry where museum professionals can share information about technology-related projects.
The National Museum of American History: "Museum on the Web"
www.americanhistory.si.edu
The National Museum of American History's website encourages "virtual" visitors to upload memories, experiences, traditions and history to a "virtual memory book" by means of text, images and audio. The information is posted on the website for other virtual visitors to see.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation/Preservation Nation
http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation
Through their website, www.preservationnation.org, The National Trust allows visitors to become involved with the organization and other visitors through Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, links, and a page of Facebook.
The National Trust Historic Sites Weblog
http://historicsites.wordpress.com
A resource for the National Trust Historic Sites, this blog provides up to date news and information on current events and issues including preservation, collections care, management and historical interpretation. Contributors to the blog are staff at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and National Trust Historic Sites.
Reach Advisors
http://reachadvisors.typepad.com/museum_audience_insight/
Reach Advisors is a marketing strategy firm focused on serving community-driven enterprises, including museums. This blog is intended to bring information to the museum community and provide a forum for professionals across the museum field.
