tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56105045621524079572024-08-29T22:06:30.179-04:00Free Range ArtifactsA collection of useful museum and design related tidbits..with an occasional oddity, curio, or webtastic findAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-84166927956618636892009-12-18T11:27:00.000-05:002009-12-18T11:27:18.483-05:00Model Your Town in 3DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-34816997291485809482009-12-12T18:37:00.000-05:002009-12-12T18:37:15.251-05:00The Holidays are here Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-67254568651200869872009-12-04T09:59:00.000-05:002009-12-04T09:59:25.179-05:00Long Time no post From WIPs SketchUp model, rendered with Nxt,  a work in progress.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-22796312230740967722009-01-31T12:32:00.002-05:002009-01-31T12:34:37.060-05:00What is play?In designing exhibits, we often want visitors to play and use their imagination. Its when the playful exploration starts to flow that learning and inspiration can happen.This little tot is in the grove of things.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-89873146916703134382009-01-17T18:36:00.002-05:002009-01-20T16:21:43.832-05:00Detroit museum calls off 3 planned exhibits -- chicagotribune.comLink to storyFrom The Associated Press 5:13 PM CST, January 16, 2009DETROIT - Money problems have forced the Detroit Institute of Arts to cancel three scheduled exhibitions.A major show, 'Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence,' organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, had been booked for the Detroit museum this fall. But the DIA says it couldn't Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-79225878415509330352009-01-14T22:38:00.004-05:002009-01-20T16:24:38.926-05:00AAM webinar"AAM is pleased to present The New Tax Form 990: Drilldown, a timely and information-packed live webinar scheduled for Thursday, January 29 from 2-3:30 p.m. (eastern). Please join tax specialist Marc Azar (Smith Howard), museum director Betty Brewer (Minnetrista), and museum CFO Casey Steadman (Atlanta History Center) in this 90-minute program focused specifically on the new Tax Form 990 core Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-65160383823352106392009-01-12T18:29:00.000-05:002009-01-12T18:30:13.205-05:00NPR Story Aired tonight"On a recent evening, 100 museum professionals gathered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., to hear a lecture — not about funding, or curatorial responsibility — but about games. It's time to "turn visitors into players," Jane McGonigal told them...."Click below for the linkInteractive Games Make Museums A Place To Play : NPRAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-64707781674318224472009-01-11T13:57:00.002-05:002009-01-11T15:36:39.227-05:00Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven" Poem Animation MovieRousing the dead and re-animating them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-32546250198582113202009-01-07T16:02:00.002-05:002009-01-10T14:48:18.887-05:00InformalScience web siteWhile browsing through the Museum 3.0 site I came across a reference to this site. Very similar to the Exhibit Files but with an emphasis on informal learning and science. Welcome to InformalScience | HOMEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-25356888202222171692008-12-22T13:51:00.003-05:002009-01-05T12:01:19.473-05:00From The OnionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-73601753621467903782008-12-02T19:25:00.003-05:002008-12-02T19:30:30.693-05:00"When I performed on television I shook my pelvis"The Wax Museum is "a 4th grade project where students study a historical person and prepare a speech recounting their subject’s life. The students then dress up as their historical figure and share their speeches. This is Elvis!!!"Museum Educators -- check out more on the Teacher Tube site while you are there. Great insight on what teachers do and want in their museum visit.Elvis's life in 4 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-25380121298449090412008-12-02T16:15:00.001-05:002008-12-02T16:18:33.562-05:00500 Years of Female Portraits in Western ArtAn award winning video by Philip Scott JohnsonNominated as Most Creative Video2007 YouTube AwardsMay inspire me to go visit an art museum.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-7360558548811925222008-11-21T11:43:00.000-05:002008-11-21T11:51:37.325-05:00Amazing Find FridayFrom Wired comes a story and video of an amazing feat of fake photography. The video features Corey Keller, the curator of a new exhibit, The remarkable photos of the craters on the moon were made of..... plaster.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-4448345510805100852008-11-20T20:00:00.000-05:002008-11-20T20:05:33.267-05:00Little MonstersI am always looking at unusual things the web can do. The above photo shows a 3-d monster appearing on my computer via a flash based web app. If you have a web cam and a printer, you might want to try it. My mind is spinning with applications for a museum exhibit, I haven't seen it used in green screen applications yet.To try for yourself, visit here.Thank you to Bb Offworld Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-87059308927168944152008-11-19T09:42:00.000-05:002008-11-19T09:46:45.261-05:00The Sugar Frosted Cereal Museum PoolI got a little nostalgic browsing this amazing collection of sugar coated goodness on Flickr.Flickr: The Sugar Frosted Cereal Museum PoolTruth is, my mother never let us eat these.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-61475204979709852252008-11-12T13:18:00.000-05:002008-11-19T09:44:38.047-05:00Nano Old Masters in protien(Nanowerk News) Canadian researchers have created a new protein patterning technique that's enabled them to reproduce complex cellular environments and a miniature version of a masterpiece painting.I wouldn't want to try and put an accession number on that one.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-63873273565654156262008-11-11T15:54:00.000-05:002008-11-21T16:23:51.882-05:00Antiques Roadshow SpoofI don't get to watch the show too often since I don't have a TV. This is aporomo for an album released a few months ago.Not sure why Jack White put out the video now.Wish I could find me a rack-on-tour like that one.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-38965923560637892982008-11-07T10:47:00.001-05:002008-11-07T10:47:05.674-05:00The Commercial-News, Danville, IL - County museum exhibit combines trains, floral settings  County museum exhibit combines trains, floral settings STAFF REPORT Commercial-News DANVILLE — Bloomin’ Rails, a model train and floral exhibit, will open at the Vermilion County Museum, at 116 N. Gilbert St. just in time for the holidays. This unique exhibit will open to the public Saturday. The presentation will feature the model trains and buildings of Dr. and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-68683112799211689032008-11-07T10:14:00.001-05:002008-11-07T10:14:36.393-05:00Titanic beer launched; Koeneke starts Thirsty Boy - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:  Titanic beer launched in honor of museum exhibit The Milwaukee Public Museum has teamed up with Lakefront Brewery Inc. for the launch of Titanic Pilsner. The limited edition brew is being produced in recognition of “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition,” showing at the museum through May 25, 2009. “We like to call attention to our exhibits in a variety of ways and beer was a big Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-75537642243063307622008-10-27T15:19:00.001-04:002008-10-27T15:19:42.758-04:00Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.  I love this color matching web app.  You input any color combinations—it searches flickr for photos that match the palette.   I need to use this when I pick colors for my house. Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc. Technorati Tags: happy mutants Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-1152022083750582942008-10-01T18:52:00.000-04:002008-10-01T18:55:59.835-04:00Holodeck Technology available nowI will leave the description in the hands of the developer, he went places I didn'think about:"This tactile display enables tactile feedback superimposed over 3D graphics projected in free space, which provides more intuitive handling of 3D "touchable" graphics. For example, users could touch Princess Leia projected in the air.I was thinking of using it in a museum exhibit.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-10957903778610616822008-10-01T09:39:00.000-04:002008-10-01T09:40:46.632-04:00The History of TransportationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-25987241040279638912008-08-16T12:38:00.000-04:002008-08-16T12:46:04.638-04:00Honey, how long until dinner is ready?"Just another 30 miles dear, I can smell the pot roast now."If that peeks your interest you might be interested in this link http://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Destiny-Guide-Cooking-Engine/dp/0375751408Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-62379434233709001142008-08-10T12:28:00.000-04:002008-08-10T12:29:41.548-04:00I think your Model T is running a little rich.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5610504562152407957.post-62996231199623863022008-08-10T11:48:00.000-04:002008-08-10T11:52:09.474-04:00Sir, please don't step behnd the barriers At least don't post pictures of your rule breaking. That car is worth more than your house, don't touch the fiberglass. Hope you enjoyed your visit.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08208768184118116769noreply@blogger.com0