Heritage365 Magazine - Edition 28
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Features:
Thinking About Your Audience
G-Gina Koutsika - Head of Gallery Learning, Natural History Museum
Freeconomics, Galleries and Parallel Publishing
José Robertson - Digital Programmes, National Portrait Gallery
Challenging Conventional Expectations for Cultural Institutions
Robert Barnett - President, Cultural Innovations
Museums as Centres of Debate and Builders of Social Capital
Stephen Feber
Creative Approaches to Explore New Narratives
Damien Smith - Director, ISO
Museums and the Internet
Thomas Clifford - Ballista Media
Creating an Effective Online Experience
Ronny Ellefsen - Director & Creative Consultant, Tape London
Projects:
* Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
* Byzantine and Christian Museum, Greece
* Montreal Science Centre, Canada
* Oregon Historical Society, USA
* Fingerprints of Time, The Yorkshire Museum, UK
Heritage365 Magazine - Edition 27
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Features:
Design Excellence and Social Change
Jane Werner - Director, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Reaching Out to Older Museum Visitors
Dr Susan Ghosh - 'Good Times' Coordinator, Dulwich Picture Gallery
Devolution in the Contemporary Curatorial Process
Catherine Roberts - Visitor Programmes Manager, Imperial War Museum
So you want some interactive exhibits! What to do next
Ben Gammon & Joe Cutting
Museum Content - Making the Most of It
Ian Smith - Head of Interactive, cogapp
Projects:
* Danish Jewish Museum, Copenhagen
* Mayo Foundation Heritage Hall, Rochester, USA
* Atlantic Worlds Gallery at the National Maritime Museum, London
* The Spencers at Althorp; Hong Kong Museum of History
* Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum, Colorado
* 'Back to the Future: Sir Basil Spence 07-76' National Galleries of Scotland
* Heritage in the Community - Cumbria Archives, Carlisle
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Heritage365 Magazine - Edition 26
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Features:
Museums and Social Exclusion
Ronna Tulgan-Ostheimer - Community Education & Outreach Coordinator, The Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts
Storytelling in Museums - a Powerful Weapon?
Polly Schomberg - Interpretation Manager, Historic Royal Palces
Ethnographic Research: a fresh eye on marketing
Margot Wallace - Professor of Marketing Communication at Columbia College, Chicago
Creating a Museum from a Grassroots Project
Marcia Jo Zerivitz - Founding Executive Director & Chief Curator, the Jewish Museum of Florida, Miami Beach
Projects:
* Petter Dass-museum, Alstahaug; Alutiq Museum, Alaska
* The National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
* John Rylands Library, Manchester
* Royal Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen
* Historic Jamestowne, Virginia
* The John Murray Archive, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
* Children's Museum, Jordan
* Norwegian Glacier Museum, Fjaerland
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Heritage365 Magazine - Edition 25
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Features:
The Relevancy-Driven Museum
Jennifer Scott - Director of Research, Historic Weeksville, Brooklyn
Museums Examining Contemporary Conflict
Jo Woolley - Head of Marketing, National Army Museum
Generation Curator and Web 2.0 Beyond Facebook
Jim Richardson - Lead Consultant, SUMO,
The Value of Museums in the Delivery of the Health Agenda
May Redfern - independent museum consultant
Defining a New Venue in London's Crowded Cultural Market
Rachel Collins - Communications Manager, Wellcome Collection
The Nantucket Whaling Museum as a Community Asset
Tony Dumitru - Collections Manager, Nantucket Historical Association
All Dressed Up - Best Practice in Costumed Interpretation
Mark Wallis - Founder and Director, Past Pleasures
Projects:
Long List for The Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries
Guide to the 10 long listed projects for the £100,000 prize
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Heritage365 magazine - Edition 24
"This edition of Heritage365 Magazine examines the manifold issues of how technology might best be applied, in museums and heritage sites, but also in the wider context, as seen from the experience of leading curators, designers and museologists from the UK, USA and Europe.
Phil Reed - Director, Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
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Heritage365 magazine - Edition 23
"To describe a museum as being a brand was regarded until very recently as heretical, putting precious collections on a par with soap powder or, heaven forbid, a theme park. It is a mark of the progress many museums have made towards putting the customer first, that this is no longer the case. This edition of Heritage365 suggests a sophisticated understanding of brand is increasingly orthodox in museums"
Sam Mullins - Director, London Transport Museum
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Heritage365 magazine - Edition 22
"The good news is that the process of opening up, popularizing and democratizing museums continues apace. The results can be seen in the growth of museum audiences. They can also be seen in the growing acknowledgement within museums that the twenty first century needs to offer up museums and museum attitudes which might once have been regarded as heretical. Two of these heresies are that 'museums are not about objects', and 'museums can be political'. Both heresies were addressed at the recent Heritage365 conference 'Are Museums About Stories or Objects?' Neither resulted in any cardiac arrests in the audience and no-one was burnt at the stake. As the keynote speaker, I was very happy to contribute to what was a fascintating day. Events like that and editions of the magazine like this help move forward the discussion"
David Fleming - Director, National Museums Liverpool
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H365 - Edition 21
"Are museums about stories or objects? Now maybe you think that's a pretty interesting question, or possibly you think it a pretty inane question. Surely museums are about both I hear you say. Yes, of course stories are important, but so too are objects. In fact objects are essential - vital to what makes a museum a museum. Quite so. But museums can also be so much more. And the point is that the question is controversial, even confrontational to some. And that's a good way to start a debate and hopefully take the discussion further".
Gregory Chamberlain - Editor
This latest evolution of science museums still leaves numerous questions open for debate. What should the educational mission be in these venues? How should they mix static and hands-on exhibits? Who should be their primary audience? More generally, museums professionals are debating the best ways to employ their collections to tell multiple stories within a social context. This edition of Heritage365 provides valuable evidence for continuing the debate on some of these crucial questions as does the fourthcoming Heritage365 conference 'Are Museums About Stories or Objects?'
Ken Arnold - Head of Public Programmes, Wellcome Collection, London (Curator - Edition 03.07)
Edition Highlights:
"Fun isn't a word I want associated with this place. I want people to have an enjoyable and engaging time here, but we're not taking the real stuff and then putting it through a filter called 'fun'. Ours is an attempt not to patronize"
Ken Arnold - Head of Public Programmes, Wellcome Collection, London
"The concept of leadership is not simply about having a great leader. It's about recognising the need for leadership right the way through an organisation. It's vital to push down decision making as far as it will go to ensure a shared vision"
Patrick Greene - Director, Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia
"The old museum was like a toy-box whereas the new one is a storybook. previousLY objects were displayed for their own intrinsic value or interest. Now we are telling Shetland's story in a language understandable to all"
Sita Hughson - Coordinator, Shetland Museum & Archives
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H365 - Edition 20
"In this edition of Heritage365 we've focused on projects that we think embody what award-winning projects should be about - projects that excel in their conception and execution, projects that in some way change the way museums, galleries and heritage sites are perceived and experienced now and in the future - both for visitors and staff"
Gregory Chamberlain - Editor
"Achieving excellence is possibly one of the easiest of concepts to embrace and is yet one of the most difficult places to be sure you've arrived at. But as this edition of Heritage365 showsawards can have a dramatic effect. Thye make us all think about and push towards the elusive 'excellence' and develop the skills, teamwork and partnerships needed to produce results energetically and effectively"
Jim Forrester - Director, Imperial War Museum (Curator - Edition 02.07)
Edition Highlights:
"Kelvingrove's refurbished galleries are now split into two overarching themes - with Life the theme in the west wing and Expression in the est wing. Both use interactive and interpretative displays using the latest technology"
Mark O'Neill - Head of Musuems & Art, Culture Glasgow
"The Coptic Museum training project gives the curators a unique opportunity to realise their ideas and express their creativity. Curators are encouraged to connect their work and the museum as a whoe to the outside world"
Nadja Tomoum - CIM Integrated Expert, Coptic Museum, Cairo
"I want to leave the Gallery on a really healthy financial footing and that means raising a further £4 million endowment fund for running costs. Now the Gallery is open it's much easier to raise funds as we have something concrete to sell"
Stefan van Raay - Director, Pallant House Gallery
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H365 - Edition 19
"Certainly the way in which audio and visual media are deployed changes the way in which museums are experienced. Exciting and unexpected uses of audio and visual media can transform the visitor experience - making a huge difference in attracting new audiences and engaging them in the stories being told"
Gregory Chamberlain - Editor
"This edition provides you with an informative overview of some of the latest key developments in museums around the use of sound, light and graphics, as well as exciting interactives and new media for displays and interpretation. It's a really fascinating read!"
Steph Mastoris - Head of the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea (Curator - Edition 01.07)
Edition Highlights:
"I think that the number of visitors who visit gallery spaces in search of a transcendent experience is much smaller than the curatorial class would like to think. Instead, I would argue that often galleries are consumed as entertainments"
Vaughn Allen - Chief Executive of Urbis in Manchester
"Museums in the 21st century face great changes and new challenges. The role of museums has changed to respond to new public demands, becoming engines of economic and urban development, place for life-long learning. Museums need to adapt to maintain a leadership position"
Maria Fernandez Sabau on Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
"The exhibits that they produced are some of the most wonderful I have come accross. In part this is because they sought to develop exhibits that delight rather than confound. This was a major departure in interactive exhibit development"
Ben Gammon on the interactives at the Exploratorium in San Francisco
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H365 - Edition 18
"This edition of Heritage365 magazine shows you what can happen when you get the retail mix just right in museums. The results are inspirational and often surprising. In doing so we've brought together some of the very best museum and heritage retailers from around the world to tell you exactly how they do it"
Greg Chamberlain - Editor
"This edition surveys museum retailing from around the world. Hearing about what other institutions are doing makes me realize that there is much to learn as well as the challenge to incorporate these different and exciting trends in to our business. This edition of Heritage365 provides an invaluable reference to the future of global museum retailing"
Kathy Thornton-Bias - - General Manager, MoMA Retail, Museum of Modern Art, New York (Curator - Edition 06.06)
Edition Highlights:
"MoMA Retail strives to enhance the experience of The Museum of Moden Art in two ways: First, by offering to the public publications and objects of modern and quality design. And second, by making a significant financial contribution to the Museum"
Kathy Torton-Bias - Manager, MoMA Retail, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
"A richly diverse offer - structured properly by price-point - can mean that less really is more. Visitors are time-poor and the brevity of a perfectly presented offer can drive high sales - both by volume and by value"
Nigel Spiers - Head of Retail Strategy and Operations, V&A Enterprises
"Shops can be a wonderous, utopian experience. I have personal control over each object that goes in the shop which means I can act in a very quick, agile way. My advice? Keep it specific, bold and practical. And the specifies of your shop - the idiosyncrasies - should be amplified"
Gregory Krum - Director of Retail, National Design Museum, NYC
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H365 - Edition 17
"This edition of Heritage365 really captures what we're all about - a platform for museum and heritage professionals around the world to talk to one another, discover exciting new initiatives and ideas, make connections and develop partnerships, to grow their projects and push forward their own professional development"
Greg Chamberlain - Editor
"This edition of Heritage365 showcases those trailblazing projects that others will be simply compelled to follow. In doing so it gives a wonderful introduction to the new international museums of influence and provides masses of inspiration from the whole global museum scene"
Jack Lohman - Director, Museum of London & Chairman of the International Council of Museums ICOM UK (Curator - Edition 05.06)
Edition Highlights:
"Globalisation sometimes runs away from particularities. Rather than lose one pair of eyes it reduces everything to a monoform meaninglessness. It maybe the fear of difference that leads to both under-communicating neutral spaces and over-communicating nervous ones. Yet where difference is celebrated, it succeeds"
Jack Lohman - Director, Museum of London, UK
"We want the museum to be a place where all kinds of people come, the widest possible public - not a place for a small restricted circle of art lovers. We want our new museum to find a place on the cultural map of central europe"
Snjezana Pintaric - Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Crotia
"Contrary to museum trends internationally, The National Museum of New Zealand receives an almost equal proportion of first-time and repeat visitors - including younger people and an almost event mix of male and female visitors"
Seddon Bennington - Chief Executive, National Museum of New Zealand
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H365 - Edition 16
"This edition of Heritage365 tackles the issue of technology in museums head-on - giving you examples of best practice, a glimpse in to the future, and a reality-check of the problems encountered along the way"
Greg Chamberlain - Editor
"This edition provides an invaluable reference to how a whole range of technologies can be used to great eff ect in wildly different museums and galleries. So read and enjoy. Take inspiration and think about how technology might help you fulfil your goals at your institution"
Dave Patten - Head of New Media, Science Museum, London (Curator - Edition 04.06)
Edition Highlights:
"A key objective of the museum is to provide a museum for people who don't do museums. The use of interactive computer interpretations is fundamental in achieving this. The majority of visitors found the technology not only impressive but east-to-use"
Steph Mastoris - Head of the National Waterfront Museum, National Museums Wales
"The museum team was determined not to be the slave of technology, but rather make technology work for us where it was most appropriate. But where three-dimensional exhibits were lacking, the designers were taskedc with providing a 'design solution' which often meant using modern technology"
Phil Reed - Director of the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms
"In state-of-the-art galleries the new MIT Museum will provide unique access to what MIT does best: innovative cutting-edge research applied to the solution of practical problems in the real world. It will exemplify the distinctive MIT spirit of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship"
John Durant - Director, MIT Museum, USA
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H365 - Edition 15
"This edition of Heritage365 deals with the key issue of children in museums. The articles are often surprising, the answers unexpected. They are sometimes controversial and are always illuminating. So as well as giving me lots of the answers they also gave me much to think about. I hope they do the same for you"
Greg Chamberlain - Editor
"This edition of Heritage365 magazine provides real insights in to children's museums while showcasing the often wonderful work done by traditional museums for children - so redefining the role, value and future of museums in their communities"
Carol Enseki - President, Brooklyn Children's Museum, New York (Curator - Edition 03.06)
Edition Highlights:
"I have this huge thing that you don't have to patronize children. Childhood is not some type of box you put your kids in until they are 18 and leave home. It is part of being a functioning human in a wider world"
Diane Lees - Director of the V&A Museum of Childhood, London
"Our adult programmign workshops will engage both child and parent in a fun role-playing experience, whist providing the parent with an understanding that this is learning opportunity that they can easily create at home, placing much of the responsibility back on the parent"
Tom Downy - Executive Director of the Children's Museum of Denver, USA
"Just looking at objects in glass cases is not going to do it for children. This museum exists because of children and the children are at the centre of the experience. That's how we develop everything we do"
Leigh-Anne Stradeski - Director of Eureka! The Museum for Children, Halifax, UK
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Heritage365 magazine Edition 03.06: 170x230/ Perfect Bound/ 228 pages/ ISSN: 1746-7314
02.06 | Family
We speak to leading professionals about the latest educational initiatives with children.
Issue highlights include:
* Ben Gammon on how to improve family visits
* Developing a new gallery for children under eight
* Cross-curricular work in primary schools
* Developing better study days for students
* Children as museum consultants
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01.06 | Partnerships
We speak to Goery Delacote, former Director of San Francisco's Exploratorium and new Chief Executive of At Bristol, about museum partnerships and funding.
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Issue highlights include:
* Goery Delacote on museum partnerships and funding
* Matthew Tanner on leadership and the next generation of museum directors
* ThinkTank's Emmie Kell on attracting new audiences
* A Planetarium Manager engages the public with science
* New Extra Ordinary interactive gallery at Snibston
* End Comment: Mendips - John Lennon's childhood home
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06.05 | Rennaissance
We speak to Alisdair Hinshelwood, lead designer of Rennaissance ROM, the Royal Ontario Museum's $200 million radical new redevelopment project.
Issue highlights include:
* Forward-thinking education at Bristol's Arnolfini
* New Sacred Silver gallery at the V&A
* The options when choosing new showcases
* Capital fundraising for a new art gallery
* Computer-based interactives
* End Comment: Michael Watson, London's Transport Museum
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05.05 | Education
Features an interview with the Head of Education at London's Tate Modern and a look at educational services at Manchester's innovative Art Gallery.
Issue highlights include:
* The future of museum education
* Visitor orientation
* Family friendly galleries
* Sustainable fundraising
* Successful retail merchandise planning
* Modelmaking services
* End Comment: Juliette Fritsch, V&A
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04.05 | China
China's plans to develop over 1,500 new museums and the opportunities this presents.
Museums and multi-culturalism.
Issue highlights include:
* Profile: Ben Gammon, Head of Learning & Audience Development, Science Museum
* Focus China
* China exhibition
* Islamic galleries
* Stowe House
* Prison collection
* De la Warr Pavilion
* The Collection, Lincoln
* Space Flight Gallery
* Discovery Center
* Buildings at Risk
* Historic Royal Palaces
* End Comment: David Souden, Historic Royal Palaces
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03.05 | Awards
Focus on this year's award-winning museums and galleries.
Issue highlights include:
* How to communicate emotion
* Pinakothek der Moderne
* MoMA
* Locomotion
* Fashion gallery
* Arab Museum
* Madeira Centre
* Science Museum
* Award winners
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02.05 | Concepts
The Keeper of World Museum Liverpool on the concepts behind this imaginative project. Plus profiles of major new heritage projects including The Deep phase two, and pioneering new Presidential Museums in the USA.
Issue highlights include:
* World Museum Liverpool
* The Deep phase two
* Presidential museums
* Turbinia at Newcastle's Discovery Museum
* Storage solutions
* New retail projects
* End Comment: Stephen Richards, Head of Creative Development, National Railway Museum
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01.05 | Interactives
New museums of the famous: including the Churchill Museum, the Hunterian Museum, and the Wales Millennium Centre. Plus special features on planning, specifying and creating Successful Interactives
Issue highlights include:
* Churchill Museum
* Cabinet War Rooms
* Hunterian Museum, london
* Wales Millennium Centre
* Recent interactives
* Computer-based interactives
* Mechanical interactives
* End Comment: Sam Moorhead, Head of Interpretation, British Museum
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06.04 | Retailing
Focus on new retail and catering developments, new museums in Spain and the USA, and how to specify showcases.
Issue highlights include:
* The new MoMA
* Museu de la Ciencia
* Architecture at the V&A
* Corinium Museum
* Retailing at the Natural History Museum
* Specifying display cases
* Creative shopfitting
* Survival guide to Gift Fairs
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05.04 | Developments
Major new gallery developments in London, Cambridge and Liverpool. plus the latest in audio-guide technology.
Issue highlights include:
* National Gallery East Wing
* Fitzwilliam Museum
* Compton Verney
* Science Museum
* Eureka! The Museum for Children
* Buckingham Palace
* Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh
* Walker Art Gallery
* Dutch Water Museum
* Audio-guides
* Modelmaking services
* Interactives
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