Ed Rodley (Who I do not know) has a thoughtful and well researched site called “Thinking about Museums”.
Maria Valchou: A blog “Musing on Culture”on Sept 14 2014 writes about Tilden, Cotton Dana and my writing. I am honored to be in their company but especially recommend this blog to you because
</div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/ideas-from-elsewhere/a-blog-by-leah-sandals-about-free-admission-monday-may-9-2011" title="Read the rest of A blog by Leah Sandals about free admission, Monday, May 9, 2011.">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-370" class="node node-type-book node-teaser clearfix"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/ideas-from-elsewhere/comfort-and-connectivity-the-museum-as-healer-a-blog-report-of-">Comfort and Connectivity: The Museum as Healer: a blog report of a thesis </a></h2> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> Submitted by Anonymous on August 26, 2012 - 11:00pm </span> <div class="terms terms-inline"><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_23 first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere" rel="tag" title="">Ideas From Elsewhere</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_28"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/ideas-and-thinkers-to-incorporate" rel="tag" title="">Ideas and Thinkers to Incorporate</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_27 last active"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/interesting-websites" rel="tag" title="" class="active">Interesting Websites</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="content"> <p>This article is about healing and written by Anne Melton as part of her thesis. The catalyst was a comment I made while being a guest lecturer. It is a priviledge to spark the interest </p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/ideas-from-elsewhere/comfort-and-connectivity-the-museum-as-healer-a-blog-report-of-" title="Read the rest of Comfort and Connectivity: The Museum as Healer: a blog report of a thesis .">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-342" class="node node-type-book node-teaser clearfix"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/community/social-service/a-conversation-on-museum-30-about-museums-and">A conversation on Museum 3.0 about museums and social service</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> Submitted by egurian on February 2, 2011 - 2:29pm </span> <div class="terms terms-inline"><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_15 first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/community" rel="tag" title="">Community</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_28"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/ideas-and-thinkers-to-incorporate" rel="tag" title="">Ideas and Thinkers to Incorporate</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_4"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues" rel="tag" title="">Museum Issues</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_70"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/community/social-service" rel="tag" title="">Social Service</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_27 last active"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/interesting-websites" rel="tag" title="" class="active">Interesting Websites</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Museum 3.0 has been hosted in the past by Lynda Kelly and Agelina Russo in Australia. Museum 3.0 is a blog worth reading.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/community/social-service/a-conversation-on-museum-30-about-museums-and" title="Read the rest of A conversation on Museum 3.0 about museums and social service.">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-329" class="node node-type-book node-teaser clearfix"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/finance/admissions/examples-of-free-admission-to-museums">Examples of Free Admission to Museums,</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> Submitted by egurian on March 13, 2010 - 12:49pm </span> <div class="terms terms-inline"><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_25 first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/institutions-exemplary" rel="tag" title="">Institutions (Exemplary)</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_27 active"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/interesting-websites" rel="tag" title="" class="active">Interesting Websites</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_17"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/finance" rel="tag" title="">Finance</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_89 last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/admissions-membership" rel="tag" title="">Admissions/ membership</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1>Examples of Free Admission to Museums,</h1><h1>A quick sort through Google:</h1><h1>13 March 2010</h1><h1>Elaine Heumann Gurian</h1><p>Having written an article entitled “<a href=”http://www.aam-u</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/finance/admissions/examples-of-free-admission-to-museums" title="Read the rest of Examples of Free Admission to Museums,.">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> <!-- /.node --> <div id="node-321" class="node node-type-book node-teaser clearfix"> <h2 class="title"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/museology/issues-theory-philosophy/nina-simon-and-her-blog-museum-20">Nina Simon and her blog Museum 2.0</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <span class="submitted"> Submitted by egurian on February 26, 2010 - 6:44pm </span> <div class="terms terms-inline"><ul class="links inline"><li class="taxonomy_term_23 first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere" rel="tag" title="">Ideas From Elsewhere</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_28"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/ideas-and-thinkers-to-incorporate" rel="tag" title="">Ideas and Thinkers to Incorporate</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_4"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues" rel="tag" title="">Museum Issues</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_27 active"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/interesting-websites" rel="tag" title="" class="active">Interesting Websites</a></li> <li class="taxonomy_term_89 last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/admissions-membership" rel="tag" title="">Admissions/ membership</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="content"> <p>Nina Simon is a prolific and original thinker.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline"><li class="node_read_more first last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum/museum-issues/museology/issues-theory-philosophy/nina-simon-and-her-blog-museum-20" title="Read the rest of Nina Simon and her blog Museum 2.0.">Read more</a></li> </ul></div> <!-- /.node --> </div> <div class="feed-icons"><a href="/taxonomy/term/27/0/feed" class="feed-icon"><img src="/misc/feed.png" alt="Syndicate content" title="RSS - Interesting Websites" width="16" height="16" /></a></div> </div></div> <!-- /.section, /#content --> <div id="navigation"><div class="section clearfix"> <ul id="main-menu" class="links clearfix"><li class="menu-852 first"><a href="/vieques" title="vacation 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Elsewhere <span dir="ltr">(70)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/formats-to-borrow-from" title="">Formats to Borrow From <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/ideas-and-thinkers-to-incorporate" title="">Ideas and Thinkers to Incorporate <span dir="ltr">(31)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/institutions-exemplary" title="">Institutions (Exemplary) <span dir="ltr">(8)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/interesting-websites" title="">Interesting Websites <span dir="ltr">(7)</span></a></li> <li class="even last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/ideas-from-elsewhere/references-and-bibliographies" title="">References and Bibliographies <span dir="ltr">(6)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/introduction" title="">Introduction <span dir="ltr">(28)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/introduction/memoir-about-elaines-life" title="">Memoir (About Elaine's life) <span dir="ltr">(3)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/introduction/reflections-about-elaines-work-life" title="">Reflections (about Elaine's work life) <span dir="ltr">(8)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/introduction/reviews-of-elaines-writings" title="">Reviews (of Elaine's writings) <span dir="ltr">(3)</span></a></li> <li class="odd last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/introduction/press-about-elaines-work" title="">Press (about Elaine's work) <span dir="ltr">(10)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="even parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/issues" title="">Issues <span dir="ltr">(21)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="even parent expanded"><li class="odd first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/issues/civility" title="">Civility <span dir="ltr">(12)</span></a></li> <li class="even last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/issues/public-space" title="">Public Space <span dir="ltr">(5)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues" title="">Museum Issues <span dir="ltr">(286)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/associations-and-agencies" title="">Associations and Agencies <span dir="ltr">(1)</span></a></li> <li class="odd parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/collections" title="">Collections <span dir="ltr">(7)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/collections/acquisition-deaccession-and-ownership" title="">Acquisition, Deaccession and Ownership <span dir="ltr">(2)</span></a></li> <li class="odd last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/collections/care-and-storage" title="" class="active">Care and Storage <span dir="ltr">(2)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-studiesmuseology" title="">Museum Studies/Museology <span dir="ltr">(16)</span></a></li> <li class="odd parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/community" title="">Community <span dir="ltr">(29)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/community/accessibility" title="">Accessibility <span dir="ltr">(9)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/community/relationships-negotiations" title="">Relationships, Negotiations <span dir="ltr">(4)</span></a></li> <li class="even last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/community/social-service" title="">Social Service <span dir="ltr">(7)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/cultural-issues" title="">Cultural Issues <span dir="ltr">(17)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/cultural-issues/representation" title="">Representation <span dir="ltr">(6)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/exhibition-and-interpretation" title="">Exhibition and Interpretation <span dir="ltr">(16)</span></a></li> <li class="even parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/facilities" title="">Facilities <span dir="ltr">(21)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="even parent expanded"><li class="odd first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/facilities/architecture" title="">Architecture <span dir="ltr">(4)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/facilities/construction-and-project-management" title="">Construction and Project Management <span dir="ltr">(3)</span></a></li> <li class="odd last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/facilities/spaces-and-layout" title="">Spaces and Layout <span dir="ltr">(7)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="even parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/finance" title="">Finance <span dir="ltr">(10)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="even parent expanded"><li class="odd first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/finance/budget" title="">Budget <span dir="ltr">(1)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/finance/development-and-fundraising" title="">Development and Fundraising <span dir="ltr">(2)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/finance/earned-income" title="">Earned Income <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> <li class="even last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/admissions-membership" title="">Admissions/ membership <span dir="ltr">(3)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/governance" title="">Governance <span dir="ltr">(10)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/governance/501c3-considerations" title="">501(c)3 Considerations <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/governance/ethics" title="">Ethics <span dir="ltr">(4)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/governance/government-relations" title="">Government Relations <span dir="ltr">(1)</span></a></li> <li class="odd last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/governance/privatepublic-partnerships" title="">Private/Public Partnerships <span dir="ltr">(1)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="even parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/leadership" title="">Leadership <span dir="ltr">(56)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="even parent expanded"><li class="odd first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/leadership/change-management" title="">Change Management <span dir="ltr">(10)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/leadership/directors-issues" title="">Director's Issues <span dir="ltr">(14)</span></a></li> <li class="odd last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/leadership/mission-vision-and-values" title="">Mission, Vision, and Values <span dir="ltr">(17)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="even parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/management" title="">Management <span dir="ltr">(28)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="even parent expanded"><li class="odd parent expanded first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/management/administration" title="">Administration <span dir="ltr">(14)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/org-chartjob-descriptions" title="">Org Chart/Job descriptions <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/management/consultant-working-with" title="">Consultant, working with <span dir="ltr">(5)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="even parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/museum-types" title="">Museum Types <span dir="ltr">(15)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="even parent expanded"><li class="odd first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/museum-types/art-museums" title="">Art Museums <span dir="ltr">(4)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/museum-types/childrens-museums" title="">Children's Museums <span dir="ltr">(4)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/museum-types/history-museums-historic-houses" title="">History Museums, Historic Houses <span dir="ltr">(2)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/museum-types/living-collections-botanic-gardens-pres" title="">Living Collections: Botanic Gardens, Preserves, Zoos <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/museum-types/national-and-government" title="">National and Government <span dir="ltr">(1)</span></a></li> <li class="even last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/museum-types/science-natural-and-history-museums-pla" title="">Science, Natural and HIstory Museums, Planatarium and Nature Centers <span dir="ltr">(2)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd parent expanded"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/public-programs" title="">Public Programs <span dir="ltr">(14)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/public-programs/audience-segmentation" title="">Audience Segmentation <span dir="ltr">(6)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/public-programs/education" title="">Education <span dir="ltr">(5)</span></a></li> <li class="even"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/public-programs/organized-groups" title="">Organized Groups <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> <li class="odd"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/public-programs/research" title="">Research <span dir="ltr">(1)</span></a></li> <li class="even last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/public-programs/schools" title="">Schools <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="odd parent expanded last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/technology" title="">Technology <span dir="ltr">(2)</span></a><div class="item-list"><ul class="odd parent expanded"><li class="even first"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/technology/social-networking" title="">Social Networking <span dir="ltr">(1)</span></a></li> <li class="odd last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/museum-issues/technology/web-sites" title="">Web Sites <span dir="ltr">(0)</span></a></li> </ul></div></li> </ul></div></li> <li class="even last"><a href="/omnium-gatherum-table-of-contents/theory" title="">Theory <span dir="ltr">(4)</span></a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <!-- /.block --> </div></div> <!-- /.section, /.region --> </div></div> <!-- /#main, /#main-wrapper --> </div></div> <!-- /#page, /#page-wrapper --> <script type="text/javascript"> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- var _gaq = _gaq || [];_gaq.push(["_setAccount", "UA-539072-22"]);_gaq.push(["_trackPageview"]);(function() {var ga = document.createElement("script");ga.type = "text/javascript";ga.async = true;ga.src = ("https:" == document.location.protocol ? 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