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matthew macarthur commented on the post, city as museum, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

This is an intriguing twist on the concept of a “museum.” Perhaps there are enough issues and questions revolving around museums (including the online-only underwater archeology museum) to justify a chat session […]

matthew macarthur commented on the post, Creative Commons and digital projects, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

This is an important subject. I’m interested in the related area of Open Educational Resources.

matthew macarthur commented on the post, Crowdsourcing Transcriptions, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

Are you aware of the LDS church site for transcription of genealogical records? http://www.familysearchindexing.org

matthew macarthur commented on the post, Whither museums?, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

Yes, sorry, I was being tongue in cheek. I should have added a winky face! 😉

matthew macarthur wrote a new post, Whither museums?, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

Though I have an academic background in history, I feel like a bit of an outlier in this crowd as my career has been spent in museums. At the National Museum of American History where I work, the role of my […]

matthew macarthur commented on the post, Teaching Digital History, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2008 right now

I will be teaching a new online course and would be interested in this topic.