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How has your culture shaped your life and accomplishments?

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Lisa Small

All eyes will be on you this fall when you enter the Great Hall and encounter the twenty-five massive photographic portraits by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders that comprise The Latino List. Those of you who remember his incredibly popular and thought-provoking 2008 … Continue reading…

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A Response to Rothstein’s “From Picassos to Sarcophagi, Guided Along by Phone Apps”

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

Many of you may have seen Edward Rothstein’s assessment of mobile technology in museums, but if you haven’t it is certainly worth a read and a bit of discussion.   The article looks at our mobile application along with the Museum … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum Mobile Web on iPhone and Droid

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

Today we are releasing apps for both iPhone and Droid that, simply, wrap our mobile website.  If we have a mobile website, you may be asking why we felt we needed to release apps that basically do the same thing.  … Continue reading…

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Gallery Tag!

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

As I mentioned yesterday, the creation of a mobile website allows us to grow, so today we are taking advantage of that by introducing a new mobile feature. Gallery Tag! is a pretty simple mobile tagging game, specifically designed for … Continue reading…

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Mobile Web

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

Today we are releasing a mobile version of our website and are happily following in the footsteps of our colleagues at the Powerhouse Museum and the Walker Art Center, who’ve already done so.  As Seb and Justin have already expressed, … Continue reading…

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BklynMuse: failing fast, retooling faster = version 2

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

This year, I had the privilege of speaking at Webstock and one of the things I learned from listening to the other speakers was the benefit of fast, iterative cycles.  It was a long plane ride home from New Zealand, … Continue reading…

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BklynMuse: Going Mobile with a Gallery Guide Powered by People

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

Ever wish you could remix the gallery experience?  When I walk into a museum I enjoy the structure—the information given, which objects have been placed where, the specific sequence in which the space has been designed—but I will admit, there … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum iPhone App ver 1.3 released + API Lessons Learned + Going Open Source

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

  If you’ve already downloaded the Brooklyn Museum iPhone app (link opens iTunes), you may have noticed an update (or two) for it in the app store.  We are psyched to mention that version 1.3 was just released and has … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum API: the iPhone app released on iTunes

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

This is a rare weekend blog post from us, but we found out that Brooklyn Museum iPhone app hit iTunes and, well, we just can’t contain ourselves—yay! If you read this blog, you may remember this app is a product … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum API: the iPhone app

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

If anyone needed convincing that an API might be a good idea, this news might just do it for you.  A few weeks ago, we approved an API key for Adam Shackelford, a Brooklyn-based developer, to create an iPhone app. … Continue reading…

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