My final MuseumNext blog post will focus on the theme of challenges. Whether that be challenges museums need to face, or staff overcoming challenging scenarios in order to produce content. One particular presentation stood out to me so I'm going to start there and discuss a couple of others later on. But first, I want… Continue reading MuseumNext Digital Summit: Day Five
I have just finished listening to the final presentation of day four that covered how to take cemetery tours online - more about that later. Firstly, the theme of today was programs with impact. I really want to stress that this isn't just a theme isolated to the presentations today, but one that both stood… Continue reading MuseumNext Digital Summit: Day Four
Today was the final day for the International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia here in Boston. Luckily, the program for this year contained a few talks on museums from around the world. We heard from Directors, Curators and Honoray Curators who were representing museums in Wales, Germany, America and Australia to name a few.… Continue reading Conference Summary
1. You can literally see a vast amount of human history right in front of you and 2. Museums remind me how important history is and why it must not stay on the page, but, come to life.
