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January 25, 2012: Ready-to-Wear: An Eye on 20s Fashion
First impressions of the exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties might suggest that the only important… »January 10, 2012: What’s Behind the Green Doors?
On the first floor of the Museum, if you look to your left while waiting for the double elevators, you will notice two wide… »January 4, 2012: QR in the New Year?
A while back, I reported that we were in the process of a trial period with QR codes. We've just taken a look at the stats,… »December 28, 2011: In the Gallery vs. Online: How a Split Second Can Differ
One of the questions people always ask me is how web differs from what happens in the building and that's a difficult thing to… »December 21, 2011: Split Second: A Curator’s Reaction to the Results
I’ve had a lot of time to mull over the results of the Split Second, so here are a few of my thoughts—roughly one week… »
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Tag Archives: mobile
QR in the New Year?
A while back, I reported that we were in the process of a trial period with QR codes. We’ve just taken a look at the stats, so I’m giving a run down of what we’ve seen. If I asked the … Continue reading
QR Code Conundrum
I’ve long been a critic of QR Codes. When I look around, I see low adoption rates, technical hurdles for end users and some really annoying uses in the marketing sector—who wants that? As critical as I am, there have … Continue reading
App Store Confusion Necessitates API Changes
The museum is well represented in the Apple App Store with not one, but two applications. The first was released in May 2009 by Adam Shackelford, an independent developer, who used our API to create the Brooklyn Museum Mobile Collection … Continue reading
A Response to Rothstein’s “From Picassos to Sarcophagi, Guided Along by Phone Apps”
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
Brooklyn Museum Mobile Web on iPhone and Droid
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
Mobile Meetup at Target First Saturday
As I mentioned last week, we’re hosting an informal meetup to celebrate the launch of the mobile website and Gallery Tag! If you are coming to Target First Saturday on April 3, bring your mobile and stop by the lobby … Continue reading
Gallery Tag!
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
Mobile Web
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
BklynMuse: failing fast, retooling faster = version 2
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
Calling the Mayor…
If you’re our mayor on Foursquare, we’ve got a promo running that you should check out. Not the mayor? Be sure to check-in at the Brooklyn Museum to see if you can take the crown by out-seating michael d. As … Continue reading
BklynMuse: Going Mobile with a Gallery Guide Powered by People
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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