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No September First Saturday, but join me on Facebook!

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Eleanor Whitney

Summer’s Target First Saturdays have been great and I’ve loved watching everyone stream into the Museum’s parking lot to dance under the stars. West Indian-American Carnival 2008 – Brooklyn, NY by David Berkowitz via Flickr. This is just a reminder … Continue reading…

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1stfans Meetup for March 2009: Artist Matt Held

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Will Cary

When 1stfans launched with the Swoon printing event on January 3rd, it was a pretty crazy night. Though Shelley and I didn’t get to meet every 1stfan who attended, we were able to meet a few. One of the people … Continue reading…

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getting to know our 1stfans

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

It’s funny, if you know me, I’m sure you can imagine that I would have had a total fit if someone came into my office pitching an “web 2.0″ membership (yes, yes, go ahead and LOL at the thought of … Continue reading…

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introducing 1stfans: a socially networked museum membership

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Will Cary

Working in Membership means my job is to get people excited about and involved with the Museum. In that way, my job is just as much community-builder as it is fundraiser. Though our Membership base is sizable and diverse, I’ve … Continue reading…

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ArtShare Revisited

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

Facebook upgraded the design of the user profiles and we knew some action would be required on our part to overhaul ArtShare along with it.  We could only devote a few days to adjustments and this meant making some hard … Continue reading…

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ArtShare takes Silver!

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

ArtShare, the Brooklyn Museum’s Facebook application just won a Silver award in the Online Presence category of the American Association of Museums MUSE awards. We are in great company with the Powerhouse taking Gold for its online Collection (a project … Continue reading…

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ArtShare on Facebook: A Progress Report

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

Having launched in early November, we now have just over 1000 people using ArtShare on Facebook. I’m happy to say we’ve been joined by five other institutions (IMA, Met, Powerhouse, V&A, Walters) with a few more on the way soon. … Continue reading…

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Facebook Pages…continued

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Following up on this post, we’ve had some great news on a few applications that are now ready for pages. If you’ve got a YouTube account and want to port videos, try YouTube Box by Tim Nilson. The great thing … 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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ArtShare on Facebook!

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

One of the things we are always striving to do is share our collection in new and unique ways. This can be seen in many areas of the physical building, from our cross-collection approach in American Identities to other installations … Continue reading…

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