Year: 2017

#MCN50 Voices: Diane Zorich & Richard Rinehart

Our latest instalment of MCN50 Voices pairs two past MCN presidents, Diane Zorich and Richard Rinehart. They each talk about the role of MCN in their early careers, and discuss the history of museums, current challenges in the field, and imagine what a museum they would design would look like. Diane is Director of the…

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#MCN50 Voices: Seema Rao interviews Sam Quigley

D. Samuel Quigley, Director, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum and former President of MCN, shares his memories of conferences past and the museum technology today with Seema Rao, Principal, Brilliant Idea Studio. Sam started his career at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and became curator of musical instruments and associate curator of European decorative…

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#MCN50 Voices: Trilce Navarette & Bert Degenhart Drenth

This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. Trilce Navarette, an Amsterdam-based digital heritage researcher, and Bert Degenhart Drenth, Chief Technical Officer of the Axiell Group, interviewed each other for this post and…

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Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover

Check out this New York Times’ article published today that talks about how Pittsburgh had become a tech-hub for many tech firms.

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#MCN50 Voices: Elissa Frankle & Max Evjen

In this instalment of the MCN50 Voices series, Elissa Frankle and Max Evjen discuss what how they rely on others, work/life balance, being a “cheptic,” and of course, karaoke. Max and Elissa met through the greater Twitter/conference conglomerate that is Museums and the Web and both have jobs that are multifaceted.         …

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#MCN50 Voices: Koven Smith and Liz Filardi

Koven Smith and Liz Filardi discuss innovation at museums large and small        Koven J. Smith is the Director of Digital Adaptation at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, Austin. Prior to the Blanton, Koven served in various digital roles at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Denver Art…

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#MCN50 Voices: A Conversation with Lanae Spruce and Ravon Ruffin

A Conversation with Lanae and Ravon on Creating Intentional Spaces in Museums Ravon Ruffin​ is a D.C.-based museum consultant and creative. She received her M.A. in American Studies/Museums & Material Culture from the George Washington University, and B.S. in Anthropology from VCU. Urban sustainability, digital culture and Black Feminist discourse are the lenses through which…

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MCN History with Chuck Patch

Post by Chuck Patch, MCN President 2002-03     When I joined a motley group of MCN regulars for the Archive Dive at the Smithsonian Institution in January of this year, I must admit that there was a huge nostalgic impulse involved. Among us, we represented something like 40 years of MCN’s 50-year history, with…

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#MCN50 Voices: Rebecca Friday interviews Yvel Guelcé 

  This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far.   As a brand new member to the MCN community, Rebecca Friday, a digital media production and museum interpretation freelancer currently at the National…

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2017 Call for MCN Board Directors (open June 1-30, 2017)

We’re pleased to announce the 2017 call for candidates to be considered for a seat on the Board of Directors of MCN. This year, MCN is looking to recruit five (5) board members to replace those whose term will be ending in November. WHY SERVE ON THE MCN BOARD OF DIRECTORS? MCN is a welcoming and…

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#MCN50 Voices: Peter Samis & Loic Tallon

This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far. Peter Samis, Associate Curator of Interpretation at SFMOMA, has been working in digital within the cultural sector since 1985; Loic Tallon, Chief Digital Officer at…

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#MCN50 Voices: Laura Hoffman & Jeffrey Inscho

This year MCN celebrates its 50th anniversary. Just as MCN has established a network of established and emerging professionals, #MCN50 Voices brings members together, old and new, near and far.  This conversation between Laura Hoffman, Manager of K-12 Digital and Educator Initiatives at the Phillips Collection, and Jeffrey Inscho, Director of the Studio at Carnegie…

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