“You might have seen one of our objects, even if you have never visited us - our loans are all over the country” - @HornimanMuseum on twitter

The Horniman Museum has tracked all their object loans on a google map to show how their collections travel. Click to visit the map and see which objects are in which museums. 

thisbelongsinamuseum:

(…) If you care to brush up on topics like the first piece of spam ever sent, that gifs haven’t changed much over the past 26 years, old social media sites (remember Friendster, kids?), the story of emoticons and newer viral trends (Keyboard Cat, PBJT, Rickrolling), then please visit The Big Internet Museum (…)

ladydilettanti:

“AN AUSTRIAN museum says a man took the concept of life imitating art to an extreme when he suddenly stripped at an exhibition of pictures and sculptures portraying nude men through the ages. Vienna’s Leopold Museum says that after taking his clothes off, the man calmly sauntered through the exhibition, dressing again only after a security guard asked him to do so. Museum spokesman Klaus Pokorny said that the museum had nothing to do with Saturday’s strip, describing it as a “spontaneous act”. He says other visitors did not appear disturbed. He said that since its October 19 opening, the Nude Men exhibition had attracted more than 65,000 visitors – all of them dressed except for one.”

YESSSSSS.  Let’s start a movement!

My favorite part is how the other visitors weren’t disturbed because they’re not prude Americans.

thejewishmuseum:

Happy 4th night of Hanukkah! Have you tried our Light My Fire app yet?

I love the idea of The Jewish Museum’s Hannukah lamp app, you choose a lamp from their collection and get to both light it and learn information about it. 

Happy Hanukkah world!

sympathyfortheartgallery:

nansan:

If you open these canvas covers to reveal the artwork inside (supposing there’s any), the artist, Annie Cabigting, would automatically disown the work. 25-70k (at Silverlens Gallery)

For collectors who… like to torture themselves? Who do not give a shit? Who like the idea better than the actual art anyway? What is better, to own the art, or to experience it?

thisbelongsinamuseum:

Britain was once dotted with the iconic red telephone box. Every tourist had to pose for a photograph next to this instantly recognisable British thing. Due to privatisation and the rise of the mobile phone, the boxes are a dying breed, most are abandoned or sold off. A few years ago the British government began letting towns adopt them, for one pound each. Some have been turned into churches, information centres, pieces of art, a library, and even a one-night only pub called the Dog and Bone. And now there is one that is the smallest museum in Wales. With a £1,000 in winnings from the BT Adopt-A-Kiosk scheme, the local authorities of Cilgerran in Pembrokeshire converted its red phone box into a museum celebrating the photography of Tom Mathias, a self-taught photographer, who documented daily life in rural West Wales. Tom’s glass negatives were dumped in an outhouse for nearly thirty years after his death in 1940, before being discovered and painstakingly saved and restored. The collection of conserved glass plates is housed at the Scolton Manor Museum in nearby Spittal, but now some of his prints are displayed in the phone box, about 50 metres from the old house where Mr Mathias once lived. With a new lease on life, this unique museum helps to preserve the traditions and culture of the country. As we all play with our smart phones…

Knowing ourselves enables us to teach others

After over 20 years of teaching, I believe that the best way to increase my capacity to help others is to learn more about myself. To ensure successful learning, I include these four actions in weekly lesson plans, because knowing ourselves enables us to help others.

1. Look for and document changes in your own learning
2. Plan to learn while you teach
3. Reflect on moments of success
4. Make your perceptions of students visible to yourself

photo via flickr:CC | dkuropatwa