Episode 12 w Rebecca Johnson and The Future of Museums and Collections
"News From The Future" with Dr Catherine Ball · Catherine Ball
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Show Notes
The Smithsonian Institution is a collection of 21 museums and a Zoo…. at the Natural History Museum they have 148 MILLION items in their collection, with 4.5 Million visitors each year plus thousands of scientific collaborations.
Rebecca is originally from South Australia, and is now visioning what science of the future for museums should be from a global stage (what a career path!!!!)….
What is the future for collections and museums? How can we better use the work of amazing archivists and digitise to future proof the collection?
The biggest question of course is: Does the museum come alive at night?
Check out this podcast to find out!
https://naturalhistory.si.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rebecca-johnson/
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