Last week, I was reintroduced to Scratch , a graphical programming language designed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media La...

What is the ideal role of your marketing or PR team in the creation and distribution of content on the social Web? I'd aruge that it doe...

There are lots of things visitors can’t do in museums. But what about the things that museum professionals can’t (or feel they can’t) do? ...

I'll be in Philadelphia October 17-21 for the ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) annual conference. I'd love to ...

I have a lot of conversations with people that go like this: Other person: "So, you think that museums should let visitors contr...

A few weeks ago, I learned about Scholastic Books' new series, The 39 Clues , which ties together a ten-book mystery with an online gami...

What's the most immediately useful application of Web 2.0 tools to your museum? It probably isn't new forms of visitor engagement (...

I'm not a fan of Olympic gymnastics; I don't really know enough about the sport to be blown away by the action. This summer, howeve...

First, I want to extend a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to the nascent Museum 2.0 Living Archive . I'll be adding a bu...

How can you design museum spaces so that exhibits and artifacts become social objects--things that people want to share with each other? Th...