museology

Alice Fornari is one of the many people who takes care of a museum's artifacts. She is a Collections Program Technician at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History where her undergraduate degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Studies and Masters in Museology and Museum Studies blend together perfectly. Take a listen to learn how she discovered the museum field as a career, how STEM and humanities can converge, and some fun and interesting stories from her time working at museums.

This paper looks at the online presence of the exhibition 'Things' by artist Keith Wilson that took place at Wellcome Collection in October 2010. It examines the process by which objects were temporarily acquired from members of the public for an exhibition, and the way in which those images were digitised and managed to form the online element of the exhibition, using the photo sharing website Flickr. It looks at the role of student volunteers and their reaction to the use of technology, as well as the reactions of the public to the use of images online to represent their donated objects, and some alternatives to the conventional 'object' photography that museums employ. It draws the conclusion that images, and digital images in particular, form an increasingly important part of the museum paradigm at all levels.