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Museums Today – Blog #4

Course blogs,

As someone heading towards work in the museums/tourism field, keeping up to date with the latest news and events from some of the world’s leading museums is a must.  Doing this sets me up well for a future job (thanks co-op for teaching me networking) and gives me some good talking points for when I run into industry people at various events around town.  Knowing what is happening around the world also helps me compare my local museum to the best in the business.

I get all this information by following Museum Today’s Twitter feed (@MuseumToday).  MT is a news and link aggregate that seems to be based out of Washington, DC (some recent non-museum posts are about weather in the area).  Tweets about museum news or museums in the news come once or twice every hour (and the timing is precise, probably scheduled) and simply provide a title and a link to a website or blog.

Other tweets come from media outlets.

Most tweets don’t link to other twitter accounts, but the sites are good windows into the industry and most have embedded Twitter feeds that you can also follow.

I came across MT through other Twitter feeds I follow.  Some are people/organizations that I’ve actually interacted with (BC Museums Association, British Museum) and it has also pushed me towards specific people in the field who could become valuable networking contacts.  One person I’ve interacted quite a bit with since following MT is Meghan Spilker (@TheGogglette), a museum graphic designer and social media manager in Kansas City.

If you’re interested in museums on Twitter, check out the #MuseumWeek tag going on right now.