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The end of Social Media Managers?
Well done Museums Sheffield! Their Twitter handle (@MuseumSheffield) claims that tweets come from a range of people – curators, educators, marketeers, visitor assistants and others. How many other...
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Why I unfollowed museums
Who controls museum Twitter accounts? The bookings team? Communications? The Events department? Robots? The other day I went on an *unfollow* frenzy. I decided to stop following museums who tweeted...
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How (some) museums use Twitter well
The last post was very critical of how many museums use Twitter. This time I thought I’d highlight some things I think particular museums do well. I always look forward to seeing what the...
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What the Rise of China Means for Museums
At the end of the year, all provincial and State-run museums in China will open to the public free of charge. So China is bucking the trend. Free entry for all. In a country of 1.3 billion people! But...
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Flickr: the comeback kid?
Did Instagram post the shortest suicide note in social media history this week? Time will tell. Things certainly don’t look so good at the moment. On the bright side, we might well have the first...
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On Beck
Beck’s new release is a unique musical experiment. Song Reader is a collection of 20 songs that are not recorded but composed as sheet music. The idea is for fans to play the songs from the ‘album’ and...
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Twitter accounts run by animals
Which museum first handed their Twitter account over to an animal? Whoever it was, they were pioneers in the field. Because there are now an abundance of them. Oisin (pronounced ‘o-sheen’) rules the...
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What I learnt from a week @LondonIsYours
I was privileged to be asked to guest ‘curate’ the @Londonisyours Twitter from 28th January for a week. For those unfamiliar with the account, it’s the big smoke’s equivalent to @sweden. A platform for...
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Propaganda: Power and Persuasion @ British Library
The Propaganda homepage is clean and minimal and includes images of some its highlights – a Chinese film poster from 1950 … and the wonderful Burt, the Turtle. The homepage also has a link to something...
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Why (and how) Museums should use Jelly
What’s Jelly? Jelly’s a social media app for Android and iOS phones where users can find answers to questions they can’t get on traditional search engines like Google. It enables users to take photos...
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