Hi, Its something I have been thinking about a lot recently, I have had some conversations with people in the Science Museum and the upshot is we will be doing something very soon, so watch this space Dave Patten Head of New Media The Science Museum Exhibition Road London SW7 2DD Tel: 020 7942 4864 Fax: 020 7942 4857 E-mail: dave.patten at nmsi.ac.uk <mailto:dave.patten at nmsi.ac.uk> Web: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk <http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk>
_____ From: [email protected] on behalf of Beth Kanter Sent: Thu 06/07/2006 16:48 To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: [MCN-L] Are there any real-life museums on Second Life? Hi Folks, I've been researching the possibilities for nonprofits on Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com <http://www.secondlife.com> ), the virtual world. I'm participating in some "in-world" projects that TechSoup is organizing around nonprofits in SL. There will be an event later this month and we're starting to compile a directory of nonprofits using it. You can see the directory here (http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=aptcrhmkxkv_bcjvrhrc2vgbq <http://www.writely.com/View.aspx?docid=aptcrhmkxkv_bcjvrhrc2vgbq> ) So far, I've seen some "museums" in second life - created by residents, but not any real life museums there - there may be, but haven't run across it. The San Jose Art Museum is building a virtual Island for display of virtual art works being sought from SL http://www.ludica.org.uk/NewWest/ <http://www.ludica.org.uk/NewWest/> The event will coincide with ZeroOne Festival http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/Grabbed <http://isea2006.sjsu.edu/Grabbed> from comments in blog post here: I'm wondering if any of you are investigating the possibilities or doing any projects. There a huge community of educators (320) from universities, some teen education projects, a library project, and embryonic nonprofit presence. I've written up what I learn on my blog here: http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/npsl/index.html <http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/npsl/index.html> Beth _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu <http://www.mcn.edu> ) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l <http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l> ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned on behalf of NMSI for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. This e-mail and attachments are intended for the named addressee only and are confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender immediately, delete the message from your computer system and destroy any copies. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not reflect the views of the National Museum of Science & Industry. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
