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Quick Muse: Children's Labels

Museum Masters

Release Date: 09/19/2016

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Museum Masters

This week Museum Masters Pod comes to you with the second part of our dissertation series. Allison Kopplin speaks on her master's dissertation which examines museums and prison partnerships. Allison talks about how these partnerships are formed, the challenges they faces, and why more partnerships like the ones she examines are slow to grow. For questions, please email: [email protected]

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We start off our two weeks of dissertation discussion with Mary Akemon, and her dissertation on how museums use YouTube. Mary does A LOT of talking about things like watch time, the FREE resources allocated by YouTube, and the pitfalls of museums not creating YouTube content for their visitors and online audiences. As always, please review and let us know any comments or suggestions!  For questions, please email: [email protected]

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Today we talk about the American Alliance of Museums and the Museum Association. Some of the questions we pose are about the resources provided and what we expect from these organizations if we plan to become paying members.  Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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This week we talk about membership in the museum. What kinds of memberships exist? Should we, as museum professionals be reworking how we approach memberships? How much should they cost? Who do we need to be marketing to? We boast about Nina Simon, from the Museum 2.0 blog for helping us shape this discussion. Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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The Museum Masters podcast delves into the realm of LGBT exhibitions. Allison specifically lays out the process — focusing on extensive focus groups with allies and LGBT community members for an exhibition at the British Museum. Listen in to learn about the importance of including members of a minority community in development, and about how museums can make permanent and temporary exhibition more representative of the LBGT community.  Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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Season 2 is a go! For our first episode, we chat about the National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities. What it is, how it functions, and why its in jeopardy. Allison and Mary sign off with some ways to contact your representatives and fight for the arts and history. Enjoy!  Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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Allison and Mary are currently tackling applications for jobs! In this episode, the pair discuss what they put on resumes, types of job descriptions they look for, and even the current state of museum hiring! Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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Selfies and photography in Museums: Good or Bad? Allison and Mary discuss what selfies are, the use of SnapChat, the price of Geo-filters, as well as the "Selfie Museum" and how visitors are using selfies to engage. Thanks for listening, and remember to review if you've enjoyed!  Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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Allison and Mary tackle the debate of having large, international, and sometimes not-so-ethical companies sponsor museum exhibitions. We talk specifically about BP and its partnerships with places such as Tate Modern and the British Museum. Disclaimer: We're sorry for the audio in this one, we had some mic troubles but figured the content was good enough that hopefully, you all wouldn't mind! Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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Quick Muse: Children's Labels show art Quick Muse: Children's Labels

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Allison and Mary are in the midst of dissertation madness! Here's a short episode taking a sneak peek at what we might speak on during a full episode. Episodes under the title: Quick Muse will be your short, under 10-minute quick-takes. For this Quick Muse, Mary and Allison tackle Children's Labels. What are they? What is their purpose? Listen and find out. Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]

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Allison and Mary are in the midst of dissertation madness! Here's a short episode taking a sneak peek at what we might speak on during a full episode. Episodes under the title: Quick Muse will be your short, under 10-minute quick-takes. For this Quick Muse, Mary and Allison tackle Children's Labels. What are they? What is their purpose? Listen and find out.

Have questions? Shoot us an email: [email protected]