I know a number of us have contacted museums for private behind the
scenes visits in pursuit of our historic costume research. I also know
some of us work at museums, with costume collections.
At the request of the Center for the Future of Museums, I wrote a blog
post about my experiences visiting
> I know a number of us have contacted museums for private behind the
> scenes visits in pursuit of our historic costume research. I also know
> some of us work at museums, with costume collections.
>
> At the request of the Center for the Future of Museums, I wrote a blog
> post about my experien
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I know a number of us have contacted museums for private behind the scenes
visits in pursuit of our historic costume research. I also know
On Nov 10, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Julie wrote:
One would be to know what they have and accurately and fully
describe it. I see a lot of errors describing knit vs. crochet vs.
other techniques.
Then I think one of the most useful things a museum could do would
be lots of photos and get some da
On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Chris Laning wrote:
Both of these, alas, pretty much boil down to questions of money.
Museums are increasingly understaffed, and often can't spare the
time for their curators to do much research on what something
really is and how it should be labeled. Also, it
> Then I think one of the most useful things a museum could do would
> be lots of photos and get some darned closeups. The pictures I
> looked at on the from the link you posted for the Smithsonian didn't
> have anything that wasn't full length - no details at all. OTOH,
> some pictures I've seen
Thanks to everyone who has commented thus far. I'm glad you liked the
article, and forwarded your concerns over to the CFM (I don't work
there, I'm just a guest writer). I'd love it if you post to their
comment thread as well, as I'm hoping it will stimulate a conversation
between museum/curatorial
I work for a museum. We have a grand total of 4 staff. We all wear so many hats
we can't keep track of them all. Personally, I'm responsible for the
collection, the exhibitions, all museum security, the desktop publishing,
supervising student fellows and work-studies, managing the climate con
Astrida: I must, unfortunately, agree with you. We haven't had time or funding
to put all of our existing objects on the web, much less hi-res ones for
detail. It is a sad commentary on what we would like to do for ourselves and
the public and what is possible. Additionally, there are some mu
In a message dated 11/12/2010 7:56:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
manordto...@stthomas.edu writes:
Additionally, there are some museums that are unwilling to put up details
and hi-res photos up because of copyright issues.
And I guess that suggests something else WE can do to help museum
And publishers cannot afford to support images for books either. The Swede are
developing a process for inexpensive publication photos. This might be helpful
there, at least.
On 11/12/10 7:08 AM, "annbw...@aol.com" wrote:
In a message dated 11/12/2010 7:56:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. wrote:
And publishers cannot afford to support images for books either.
The Swede are developing a process for inexpensive publication
photos. This might be helpful there, at least.
Interesting, what do you mean by this? Photograp
On 11/12/2010 4:55 AM, Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. wrote
:> Snip< Additionally, there are some museums that are unwilling to put
up details and hi-res photos up because of copyright issues.
Ah the dread Copyright issue and who actually owns historic items,
particularly those in publicly funde
Interesting, what do you mean by this? Photography is still a
labor-intensive process. The object needs to be taken out of and
returned to storage, the lighting and exposure needs to be right,
multiple shots for details, etc. Besides making the photo, museums
sometimes charge for use in a public
On 11/12/2010 10:08 AM, Wanda Pease wrote:
. Think of all the books that were lost when the Danube flooded and
destroyed them.
The items that are being so desperately protected for their copyright
value are simply candles in the wind. Ask the museums in San Francisco
about the work they ar
On 11/12/2010 11:02 AM, Lavolta Press wrote:
On 11/12/2010 10:08 AM, Wanda Pease wrote:
No Fran I am NOT confusing Books and original works of Art such as
sculpture and painting. The easiest to use for illustration purposes
was the thousands of books that were destroyed by flood recently. T
Copyright may turn out not to be the wave of the future. I hope there is
a better way found for all of us, Museums and private citizens.
I fail to see any other mechanism than copyright (the control over
replication and sale of the work) for creators and producers of works to
get paid for th
Judge Chin is still pondering the
proposed Settlement, and it will probably be appealed for years whether
he accepts or rejects it--though I hope he does.
Reject it, I mean.
You need to realize that when someone scans your work (after you have
explicitly entered it a "do not scan for your l
I believe something people need to understand is the scope of putting things
online. I have been doing this for 14 years. I have photographed thousands
of items. Over 20,000 photos of actual costumes are just waiting to go
online. I photograph at a high resolution with detailed photos of cost
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