New Finds
June 18th, 2007I got a great e-newsletter this morning from museumpods.com. It was a list of their top ten museum related blogs in the world — and guess who was listed at number two?? That’s right!
Looking around their site a little more, I noticed a podcast from the Sackler Museum at Harvard. I wanted to point this out because I think they approach podcasting in a great way. In an attempt to attract students who may have never visited the museum before, and aren’t the usual groups of art and art history students, they’ve created audio tours with commentary from students with a variety of majors and backgrounds. I like this because it provides the listener with a more personal and peer-to-peer view of the museum. Instead of just art historical texts on the pieces, you get alternative stories and feedback that help you relate to the art works regardless of your art historical background and knowledge. Here’s a nice article on this from the Harvard Crimson as well.
Also, when I was looking around their podcast page, I noticed a link to something else (it’s been a very link-ful Monday, as you can tell). I think that this is awesome.
