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The End of the Season

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Richard Fazzini

Thursday, February 28 was our last day of work. It has been a very satisfactory season. We accomplished most of what we set out to do, and more besides. Finding the footing of the Mut Temple’s 1st Pylon was particularly … Continue reading…

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Different Takes

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

For the past several months, we’ve been working with filmmaker Matt Wolf on an upcoming video project. The video is in the final stages of editing, but I wanted to take a moment to write about the process. When we … Continue reading…

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The Mut Expedition 2008 – we’re off!

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Richard Fazzini

The Brooklyn team leaves at the end of the month for another 2½-month season of work at the temple precinct of the goddess Mut in south Karnak. We’re all looking forward to the work, to seeing old friends that we … Continue reading…

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Facebook Pages

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

We just spent some time setting up Facebook pages for both the Brooklyn Museum and the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Pages are a new feature that Facebook released on November 6th. Already the page structure is much … Continue reading…

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Winners!

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

As the Brooklyn Museum means so much, and in so many different ways, to our audiences, these videos are an extraordinary reflection of both this diversity and of the enormous talent of our competitors. I’d be proud to have the … Continue reading…

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Good Luck!

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

On the eve of the announcement of our judges’ decision, Brooklyn Museum staff wanted to share some of our own thoughts (ranging from the “I-have-to-smile moment” to “the wow feeling” to “sleeper hit artworks”) with the filmmakers who created these … Continue reading…

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Demetrios gets CT scanned

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Tina March

Photo by Adam Husted Sorry for the delay in this post, but it was a long process organizing the CT scans. When we unpacked Demetrios, we were happy to find that the packing supported him well, and he had survived … Continue reading…

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Up Close and Personal – Statues and Their Meaning

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Angie Park

The first time I came across the statues that sit along the top of the building was when I digitized images of the Museum’s exterior as an intern in the Archives. It was great to see some of the early … Continue reading…

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“Infinite” Questions Answered…Tomorrow!

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Tamara Schechter

Infinite Island opened nearly three weeks ago at the Brooklyn Museum, and thousands of people have already visited the exhibition. We’ve been getting great feedback – check out what visitors are saying. Roughly half of the show’s participating artists are … Continue reading…

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Let’s Hear It: Part II

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Nicole Caruth

Just what are “interpretive materials”? I’m often asked this question and usually have a hard time reducing my answer to one or even five things, as interpretive materials change with time and vary from one exhibition to the next. For … Continue reading…

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Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part III

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Joan Cummins

Last time I wrote about how we happened to have the money and the initiative to look for a major new acquisition for the Asian collection. This time, I’m going to talk about how we developed a shopping list before … Continue reading…

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Kiosk Hardware

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Kiosk with custom casing installed in Luce Visible Storage. Over the past several months, colleagues have been asking what kind of hardware is in use in our kiosk installations. After posting about the Firefox kiosk upgrade, hardware specifics seemed like … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum on the iPhone

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Here’s what the Brooklyn Museum looks like on Apple’s new iPhone. Google, if you are reading this, our renovation was completed in early 2004, so send that satellite back our way!

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More Recording (this time with a little make-up)

Posted on February 28, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Linda Nochlin and Maura Reilly, co-curators of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art’s inaugural exhibition, recorded the introduction to the Global Feminisms audio tour today. This tour, free to our visitors and delivered via cell phone, will feature … Continue reading…

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Quiet Please: Recording in Progress

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

We started off this week with a full round of recordings for The Dinner Party audio tour. This tour, free to our visitors and delivered via cell phone, will feature a range of voices, including curators, educators, scholars, and others. … Continue reading…

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