Thomas Söderqvist I just had a long and nice phone conversation with Jim Edmonson at the Dittrick Museum in Cleveland. We talked, among other things, about museum blogging — and Jim claimed, among other things, that writing blog posts is probably a good preparation for writing artefact showcase labels.
I agreed in principle, but after hanging up I realised that Jim is both right and wrong. In fact, the best preparation for writing artefact labels isn’t blogging, but microblogging. And if Twitter were restricted to 70 characters instead of 140 it would be the ideal training ground for exhibition curators. No showcase labels should be more than 70 characters.
Using Twitter as training ground for exhibition curators
I just had a long and nice phone conversation with Jim Edmonson at the Dittrick Museum in Cleveland. We talked, among other things, about museum blogging — and Jim claimed, among other things, that writing blog posts is probably a good preparation for writing artefact showcase labels. I agreed in principle, but after hanging up I realised that Jim is both […]
