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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When I think about what a class on \u2018Museums in the Digital Age\u2019 would be about, the New York Times article by Anand Giridharadas perfectly encompasses that. This article was fascinating to read \u2013 it was nice to compare the different digital initiatives taken by two huge museums to show that going in a \u2018digital\u2019 direction doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the same thing. It was interesting to read about the Brooklyn museum and how instead of just letting their initiatives linger, they took into account that they were only affecting the proximate audience and deciding to try something new. To use the Internet and digital platforms to create an exhibit that is chosen by digital users is brilliant. I would absolutely go to various artists\u2019 studios to check out their work if I thought I might be contributing to something that could end up in the museum. What a perfect way to engage local users, since they were the ones spending the most amount of time on the site anyways.<\/p>\n
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When reading about the Met, I couldn\u2019t help but think back to the digital storytelling video we watched in class about Mr. Peanut from the National Museum of American History. The digital director at the Met commented on how he wanted to enhance the scholarship of the museum, not detract from it. I feel like it\u2019s easy to think of digital platforms detracting from the work because looking at art online isn\u2019t going to give the same effect, but people might not stray from the comfort of their couch if they have access to something there. Instead, he found a way to add to the scholarship by allowing the audience to see what they hadn\u2019t been able to before a digital age. Now he is able to document the restoration of a work, from the time it arrives in its crate to the time it is put on display at the Met. This is similar to the unveiling of the cast iron Mr. Peanut in the Founding Fragments video. I loved being able to see the \u2018behind the scenes\u2019 aspect of it, as I\u2019m sure everyone else does as well.<\/p>\n
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