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MuseumsAndTheWeb: Blog Gems 0607

• Pro 2 Pro?
  • Fresh+New - http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/
  • Museum 2.0 - http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/
  • Lively - http://www.nzlive.com/blog/
    • maybe too new to tell, but this promising blog looks to be a valuable read to museum web professionals.
  • Science Now, Science Everywhere (Liberty Science Center) - http://snse.lsc.org/
    • Good project blog, primarily focused on mobile phones and their integration into the museum. About to launch technology and research blogs as well.
• Museum / Exhibition
  • Eye Level - http://eyelevel.si.edu/
    • Fantastic institutional blog, walks a nice line between professional and personal
  • Museum of Glass: http://www.museumofglass.org/blogs/art/, http://museumofglass.org/blogs/docents/2006/12/
    • totally un-pretentious, full of great in-depth information presented in an appealing and insightful way. I want to go to this museum after reading their blog.
  • WHACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution at the MOCA: http://www.moca.org/wack/
    • Great companion to the exhibition
  • Botany photo of the day: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/
    • Continues to have an incredibly active following
  • Powerhouse museum's observatory: http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/blog/
    • Huge traffic and lots of comments
• Artist
  • Sue Lawty, artist in residence at the V&A - http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1395_lawty/wordpress/
    • Well written, in-depth, personal
• "Project" blogs:
  • http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/antarctica/?m=200602
• Headline blogs:
  • http://redshiftnow.ca/default.aspx
    • plus interactivity
  • http://www.smm.org/buzz/blog
    • generally short with some longer posts mixed in, good content, rapid updates