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  One of our museologist academics who also contributed to the construction of many museums and one of the active names in ICOM, stated that she never thought of Pop-Up museums in the category of museums and refused to teach about them within the scope of master's program courses. She doesn't even mention NFT and museums anyway. Do you think that academics' rejection of a type of museum category is reason enough to ignore that type of museum? Of course not. We started talking like Graham Hancock in the Ancient Apocalypse series . Why might some museum categories have difficulty gaining acceptance? What depends on the acceptance of a museum's genre? Based on the data, we mentioned that there are over 104,000 museums in the world. This number is increasing and there are various categories of museums in the world. Do you know the types and categories of museums? Even if you knew by now, new types of museums are still emerging, for example, have you ever heard of the worl...

How do museums build their collections? Have you ever wondered about the collection policies of museums? While the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) , which is preparing for its opening in 2023 to become the world's largest archaeological museum, is on our agenda, it is necessary to mention about the collection policies. GEM will house over 100,000 artefacts, include the entirety of Tutankhamun’s treasure displayed together for the first time, and become the largest archaeological museum complex in the world. But... There is something missing in this huge collection. You might be wondering what the British Museum has to do with the opening of the GEM... We can answer it in two words: Rosetta Stone . That stone that cannot be shared and the debate between academics and researchers never ends. Special tours of Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) have started before the opening, and photos are sent to us. Sharing photos is prohibited after a part of the museum, so we can see it to a cert...

After the Met Gala, The Academy Museum Gala, Petersen Automotive Museum Gala and LACMA Art + Film Gala , the museums entered the competition for both sponsorship and invitation, accompanied by the Galas . M+ Gala: The first Asia Museum Gala by Asia's first global museum. Such special events organized by the museums are significant and effective for the donors and sponsorship relations of the museums, for the functioning and activities of the museum throughout the year. As a result, museums appear as institutions that have updated themselves with non-for-profit instead of non-profit in the definition. As museologists, we find it correct to update this definition. Museums are institutions that are expected to meet many needs for their collections, the way they are acquired, their preservation and maintenance as well as their management. It is not possible for them to continue without a sponsor like us... see? For this reason, their donations and membership programs are as important...

WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR (13 MAY – 10 APRIL 2023 // The Design Museum, London)  Many people today need to watch and listen to ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) videos to reduce their anxiety, mostly to sleep, or even to relax or focus on one thing . Watching and listening, these two must be at the same time , this part is important. In fact, what people listen to in ASMR videos is not classical music or a relaxing rhythm. There is no nature scene or music, only the sounds of that video's content, for example comb sound, scissors sound, daily life sounds according to the content of the video. These videos are most viewed and watched on Japanese and Korean content via Youtube. For example long whispered talk, playing with hair, slight crackling sound when candles are burning, water sound, tape sound, clicking sound coming out of hard floor where nails touch, comb sound while combing hair... In the focus, they create content that creates a feeling like...

Museum audience-centered approach or corporate identity branding oriented? Logo branding, identities, museums sustainability, visual language, universalization, audiences and internationalization processes...  One focus for all. One logo.  Would you take a huge risk on the unknown one?  Who do you work with? Museums, their logos, their designers and their stories of creation... How hard to find most of them. Why is it so hard? Why do museums avoid explaining the creation process of their corporate identities as they transition to digitalization? While seeing almost all the breakthroughs in social media on their websites, why is the logo design process, the chief factor of their branding, not mentioned? Well, at least we talked about it.  There is a website like this: Museum World Ranking   where you can vote for museums and see their ranking according to various categories, you can also check some current news. We preferred the list according to the "rank...

Thomas Hoving, Eleanor Lambert, Diana Vreeland... you recognize them?  It all glamorous started when Thomas Hoving was the Met's director. Well... The appointment of Hoving as the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is shown as the most obvious example of the transition to the audience-centered museum.  Hoving's view of the museum as a place of mass entertainment made The Met one of the most arrogant and commercial museums of its time during his tenure between 1967 and 1977. He has often stated that instead of thinking about the exhibitions he has chosen, he focuses on the sensation and interest they will bring as a result. The important thing for him was to be flamboyant, to be remarkable and to create a bombshell. That's what happened. It was quite important to him that the display of works of art was a show, as he wanted to exhibit them in galleries with bright fabrics, bright colors (turquoises, reds, purples...) and giant banners with gold inscriptions also ...

Upcoming Museum: The London Museum (formerly known as Museum of London). Be Lean - Be Clean - Be Green - Be Londoner! The closing of The Museum of London marks en of an era but also re-opening of the museum says a lot! The London Museum is already the new black ! As museologists, we are excited about the strategic process of the museum, which is planned to open in 2026, and the publication of the project's progress on the official website of the Museum of London! We are partnering in the transformation of an important museum and this time we have a chance to follow the process! We will be able to observe not only the architecture and design part, but also the sustainability of a museum and all the possibilities it wishes to offer for its visitors. One of the main striking elements, the fact that the museum is not in a new building or a palace or mansion as we are used to in museum identities in London, but in an area to be revived like a phoenix in the area where the old market p...

Do you know which group of museum visitors you belong to? We said that the museologists are talking! But it seemed like they were not keeping quiet :) Thank you for all your congratulatory messages for our "Meet The Museologist" corner and our previous article, and for your efforts to encourage, they all yielded results. Now we are quickly moving from MoMA to GoMA. Yes, GoMA, not MoMA, I spelled it right. Photograph: galleryofmodernart.blog In February, I received a course from  University of Glasgow  in the field of Museology - how surprised you were - to make museums the source of learning and I have just completed.  Gallery of Modern Art  (GoMA) is located in the center of Glasgow, with 4 main gallery, a library and a museum store. GOMA did not say "we are somehow Scotland's most visited museum, what is the need for museology course" and they deal with University of Glasgow's Museology educators and prepare an intensive content course program.  Of course...