tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931042383463966050.post8421110703670402860..comments2024-03-28T11:15:57.026-04:00Comments on The Uncataloged Museum: Why are Museums about Writing so Interesting?Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02833927749919826650noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931042383463966050.post-55154252009362024602010-07-15T14:00:07.218-04:002010-07-15T14:00:07.218-04:00You will be pleased to know that colleagues and I ...You will be pleased to know that colleagues and I have initiated a project to build The American Writers Museum. You will find basic information at our website.<br /><br />Malcolm O'Hagan<br />President AWMFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931042383463966050.post-51891548666894691312010-06-11T08:59:05.675-04:002010-06-11T08:59:05.675-04:00Beth--thanks--and I agree, books on their own are ...Beth--thanks--and I agree, books on their own are often (unless you're the Book of Kells, perhaps) pretty boring--and even the Book of Kells has a great supporting exhibit in Dublin. But the idea that museums get confused is exactly right--but what I find, both here and there, is that the confusion about what we're about, is often paired with a pretty stubborn perspective that being about objects or information, not stories, is the only way! Rebecca--great quote--and thanks for liking the pictures. I have other photographers in the family, so only think of mine as snapshots, but hope they convey a bit of life, and museums here. Coming up next: Budapest!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833927749919826650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931042383463966050.post-50152787672125366762010-06-09T09:55:43.269-04:002010-06-09T09:55:43.269-04:00It's a nice reminder for us to remember that a...It's a nice reminder for us to remember that all museums should be full of ideas. I have that quote by Goode at my desk at work: "The people's museum should be much more than a house full of specimens in glass cases. It should be a house full of ideas." Your pictures from the museums in Europe are inspiring. I've loved the times I've spent in that area too- East Germany and the Czech Republic, that is.Rebecca Lawrencehttp://www.rebeccallawrence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2931042383463966050.post-42387529797979096812010-06-09T09:44:03.209-04:002010-06-09T09:44:03.209-04:00Bear with me..I'm working this out as I write....Bear with me..I'm working this out as I write. Maybe it's because museums are really about stories, but when those stories are embedded in objects, museums get confused and behave as if its all about the object. Mass produced books are, as objects, pretty boring. Even the beautiful ones are best appreciated by being handled, and flipped through--something museums aren't going to allow if the book is "the object." So a good museum of literature goes straight to the story, instead, visualizing and expanding on it in all the imaginative, playful ways a museum can.Bodhibadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855697978901319125noreply@blogger.com