Our colleagues at the National Archives Exhibits just gave their tumblr a groovy new facelift in conjunction with the new DOCUMERICA exhibit - be sure to check it out (their tumblr and the exhibit)!
We had the privilege to share some of our experiences with Today’s Document on Tumblr as part of DC’s Social Media Week this morning.
Our panel, “Defining and measuring social media success in museums and arts organizations” included other great presentations from:
- National Gallery of Art
- Pew Internet and American Life Project
- Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Public Affairs
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Smithsonian Institution’s Office for Web and New Media Strategy
- Ford’s Theater
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- (special thanks to Dana Allen-Greil of the National Gallery of Art for organizing/moderating and inviting us, and the National Museum of the American Indian for hosting the panel!)
We spoke about our success on Tumblr so far but also the challenges in getting to the next level of public engagement. What do you think we can do to meet the “engagement challenge?”
The boy on the left is Michael Pupa. Of the individuals chosen randomly to be included in our new exhibit, only Michael Pupa is still alive.
His parents were victims of the Nazis when he was only four, and he and his uncle spent two years hiding in the forests of Poland, waiting until the end of World War II. But the ordeal of Michael Pupa was far from over.
He became a “displaced person,” or DP, moving from one DP camp to another until 1951, when Michael, by then 12, and his cousin were flown to the United States and sent to a home for refugee children, then to foster homes in Cleveland.
Michael Pupa’s story does have a happy ending, told in “Attachments: Faces and Stories from America’s Gates,” a new exhibit that opens at the National Archives on Friday, June 15, and in an upcoming issue of Prologue magazine.
Michael Pupa and his family will be at the National Archives on when “Attachments” opens.
“Attachments” is at the National Archives through September 4.
(Images: Michael Pupa, age 12, National Archives; Michael Pupa, present-day with family, image credit Pupa family.)
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Agents, look for this sign!
Agents of Change is a new Girl Scout collaborative game at the National Archives and 11 other museums during the Girl Scouts Rock the Mall event.
The premise is simple; players live in a post–apocalyptic world and find a box of solar–powered smartphones that enable them to travel back in time to the 21st century to choose items to change their world. Players “collect” three objects from each site (by taking photos with their phones) to bring “back to the future.” Players can sort, discuss, and vote on these items on the game’s website at www.agentsofchangehq.com.
When the game ends on June 17, Girl Scouts will view their future world, determined by their votes.
Are you playing? What will you bring back from the National Archives?
[Please note the updated dates for the game!]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m55wahFyCE1r5j9hco1_1280.jpg)
Agents, look for this sign!
Agents of Change is a new Girl Scout collaborative game at the National Archives and 11 other museums during the Girl Scouts Rock the Mall event.
The premise is simple; players live in a post–apocalyptic world and find a box of solar–powered smartphones that enable them to travel back in time to the 21st century to choose items to change their world. Players “collect” three objects from each site (by taking photos with their phones) to bring “back to the future.” Players can sort, discuss, and vote on these items on the game’s website at www.agentsofchangehq.com.
When the game ends on June 17, Girl Scouts will view their future world, determined by their votes.
Are you playing? What will you bring back from the National Archives?
[Please note the updated dates for the game!]
