Let's turn "Work From Home" time into new Museum FAQ Videos!

Now that COVID-19 has turned almost every museum worker into a telecommuter, I have an idea for something that could build a resource for colleagues around the world.

Let's use our "work from home" time into creating a set of Museum FAQ videos to share with each other.

A little background -- last year I started a short-video series called Museum FAQ to provide answers to frequently asked questions I often received from clients, peers, and Emerging Museum Professionals (EMPs).

Here's an example Museum FAQ video you can view on YouTube.

Now that so many of us are working from home wouldn't it be great to create a "reference library" of free videos on museum/exhibit/design questions like, "What makes a great museum label?" or "How can I shift static content into interactive exhibit activities?" or "What's a simple unguided Maker Space activity?"  You get the idea.

I'm happy to set up times to plan and record simple Zoom conversations between myself and museum colleagues to create new Museum FAQ videos to share freely on YouTube.

If that sounds like something you'd like to be part of, please email me at info@orselli.net so we can get started!



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Your Museum Moment of Zen #MuseumMomentofZen

Perhaps in this time of uncertainty and pandemic, what we need is a Museum Moment of Zen or #MuseumMomentofZen (like the image at the top of this post via the Denver Botanic Gardens.)

via The Broad Museum

Now on Twitter and Instagram you can search for #MuseumMomentofZen and find images that various museums from around the world have contributed.

via The Cleveland Museum of Art

So, take a deep breath and enjoy a moment (or several moments) of Museum Zen.

via The Whitney Museum of American Art

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Beverly Serrell's Big Idea eBook

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Beverly Serrell about the release of her new "Big Idea" eBook. You can find the video of our conversation on YouTube or embedded below. In the 20-minute video, Beverly discusses at length her reasons for making the eBook, the process, and many challenges of working in the digital realm.

The eBook is about the “Big Idea,” a tool for exhibit developers, whether you've been in the museum exhibition business for a long time or you are part of the new generation. With a good big idea, the development of an exhibition will go more smoothly from the start.

Beverly worked with Paul Rodriguez to create an eBook packed with 37 pages of colorful dynamic content, offering rationales, definitions, and examples, plus exercises and discussions. (And lemurs!)

You can order your own copy of the Big Idea eBook here, or enter our FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! 

Here's how to enter to win one of two free copies of Beverly's new eBook --  either click the "Sign up for Free ExhibiTricks Blog Updates" link on the upper right side of the blog OR send an email with "I want to win a copy of the Big Idea eBook!" in the subject line before March 20, 2020.  We will randomly select one new ExhibiTricks subscriber and one emailer to each receive a Big Idea eBook as their prize.  Good luck!




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