February 2012
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sisterMAG
29 February 2012
The Night of the Mummy event at the National Museum of Scotland was not the only exciting thing to happen last week. It was also the launch of sisterMAG, a new digital magazine for the versatilely interested and active woman of today. So besides popular women’s mag topics such as fashion and lifestyle, you’ll also find features e.g. on food, travel, DIY, careers,...
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RBS Museum Lates: Night of the Mummy
28 February 2012
What do you do when you live in a city with around 200 museums and galleries? You fly half way across Europe to attend a museum event over 700 miles away!
It’s true - despite living in Berlin now, I just can’t stay away from the National Museum of Scotland. Ever since hearing about the roaring success of their first RBS Lates last November, an idea formed in my mind:...
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The Top 5 Reasons to Follow a Museum Mascot on...
27 February 2012
So, I’m back from my wee trip to Edinburgh and I had an absolutely amazing time. Besides catching up on lots of baby-free shopping, eating out and going to the cinema, I finally managed to visit the Museum of Fire, one of Edinburgh’s hidden gems, see the excellent Fascinating Mummies special exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland and, of course, attend the RBS...
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Museum Mascots on Social Media: Part 3
24 February 2012
Welcome to the third and final part of Owney the Dog’s series of guest posts about some of his fellow museum mascots on social media. Of course, you can also follow Owney himself on Twitter and Facebook.
I’m Friends with Two Mummies, a Mammoth, a Sabertooth Cat, and an 1800s Tavernkeeper, and You Can Be, Too!
By Owney the Dog, a real, 1890s terrier mutt who gained fame and...
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Museum Mascots on Social Media: Part 2
22 February 2012
We continue with Part 2 in our series of guest posts from Owney the Dog, who has interviewed some of his fellow museum mascots to spread awareness of museum critters (and other non animal mascots^^) on social media. Of course, you can also follow Owney himself on Twitter and Facebook.
I’m Friends with Two Mummies, a Mammoth, a Sabertooth Cat, and an 1800s Tavernkeeper, and You...
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Museum Mascots on Social Media: Part 1
20 February 2012
I’m really excited about this week. Firstly, because I’m off on a short holiday to Edinburgh to see the new Fascinating Mummies exhibition at my beloved National Museum of Scotland, and to attend the RBS Museum Lates: Night of the Mummy event. Secondly, because I’ve always been a huge fan of the National Postal Museum (a.k.a. “my favourite...
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My Gallery of the Year: Imagine
16 February 2012
“Imagine a place where you can create your own story, make music with your friends, dress up for a party or bring a dragon to life! Or would you rather build a fantasy landscape with castles, animals and trees?” (gallery intro panel)
I’ve made no big secret about just how much I love the new Imagine gallery at the National Museum of Scotland. So much so, in...
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How To Go On A Museum Date
14 February 2012
Love it or hate it, today is Valentine’s Day. When I was thinking of a museum related post I could for the blog today, I was reminded of a project I was involved with at National Museums Scotland just before I left. We worked with some groups of young people to create their own self-guided tours around the Museum of Scotland. As well as perennial favourite topics such as...
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The Twitter-Pig
10 February 2012
When I was about four years old, my mum knitted me a pig, hence forth known as ‘Kuschelschwein’ (Engl: cuddle pig) in our family. It became one of my favourite toys…
…until one year, when we were on holiday with another family, and the pig went missing. We’re fairly sure the kid from the other family took it - big, pink cuddle pigs don’t...
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Examples of how museums are using Pinterest
7 February 2012
Following on from my introduction post about museums and Pinterest, I’ve browsed through all the boards of all the 30+ museums I’d found so far, and here are some specific examples of how museums are using Pinterest.
To showcase their collections
Pinterest is all about organising images into themes. And what does that remind you of in terms of museums? Exactly, an...
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Museums and Pinterest: An Introduction
6 February 2012
Unless you’ve been hiding under a social media rock, you’ve probably come across Pinterest by now, or at least heard of it even if you haven’t checked it out yourself. It’s the latest hot new thing. Well, it’s not that new actually, it was founded in March 2010, but it was not until 2011 that it became ‘one to watch’, exploding from around...
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Museum Visit #11/2012: Jewish Museum Berlin in the...
5 February 2012
Don’t worry, I’m not going to blog about it every time I go for afternoon tea at the Jewish Museum, I just wanted to share these lovely winter photos with you which I took this weekend. We took #MuseumBaby for a wee walk along the road, and watching him experience snow for the first time in his life was absolutely brilliant! To thaw out, we went for hot chocolate and...
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30th Lange Nacht der Museen (Museum Visits...
3 February 2012
So, last weekend saw the winter edition of Berlin’s Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of Museums). As I mentioned in August, Berlin is the mother of all long museum nights, since they were the first to get the ball rolling. In fact, they are so keen here, that they hold the event twice a year, on the last Saturday in January and August. This time around was a particularly...
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Adopt-a-Museum #26: Casa Museo de Lope de Vega →
2 February 2012
This week’s edition of Adopt-a-Museum has been published a few days later than usual, but better late than never, as they say. Once again we’re heading to Spain, to the Casa Museo de Lope de Vega, adopted by Olga Baird from England. This puts Spain in joint second place with Scotland and the USA, as the country with most featured museums, with four each. In the lead...