Well here at The Ministry we feel overwhelmed When we came up with the idea of a #museumhates week we were slightly concerned that no one would even notice. In reality it was just the push museum geeks needed to vent and things got a bit...heated. It's clear that whilst you like us, you love Museums there are some things that need to change. The idea behind #museumhates was never to be mean or overly negative but to encourage a passionate response- and that is what we got! Pay attention museums your people have spoken!
We wanted to end the week with a blog dedicated to those who contributed and list our favourites, only problem is there were so many replies that we didn't know what to do with them. So we've collated them all into a Storify account (http://storify.com/CuriosityTweet/museumhates-2) and picked out a few that need to be noticed!
1. Social Media Engagement
NOTICE US! We want to interact with you and twitter is one of the best ways of doing so. I recently saw how the National Portrait Gallery tweeted an apology to their disgruntled visitor and it made my heart soar. Ok it maybe wasn't the best example of engagement but it was a hell of alot better than the constant stream of exhibition advertisement seen from alot of Nationals.
2. Inappropriate use of the word Curator.
Not everyone is a curator, we can explain this better with Ellie Miles (@ellie_miles) Blog http://curatingthecurators.tumblr.com/
3. Events
I agree with this tweet to an extent, there are a lot of freebie lectures and talks going down within the hours of 9-5pm, maybe this is to deter children (check #museumhate no.4) But recently there has been a surge of after work lectures, events and 'lates' aimed at adult only audiences, learning with a glass of wine in a less structured environment is we at The Ministry spent most of our time
Check out our events page, we aim to list mostly out of work hour events.
http://theministryofcuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/p/caldender.html
4. Children
5. Wanting to work, volunteer or intern.
- make sure you are aware of the employers legal duties - working long hours, getting breaks etc.
- You are not doing work that will put you in any danger - Health and Safety in the Workplace Act
- You are at very least (!!) getting reimbursed for transport and a cup of tea!
V&A Create a Voice (http://createvoice.blogspot.co.uk/) team are asking the Director of the V&A Martin Roth next week 'Can museums have a role in decreasing unemployment?' we're looking forward to hearing what he says.
Here are some of the tweets we really enjoyed reading
There were too many hilarious and insightful tweets for us to include here, but we just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who contributed! As quite a few of you noted, social media is such a fantastic tool to have your voice heard, Thanks for listening, Horniman Museum, Coventry Transport Museum and Firepower Museum !
Now wouldn't it be nice if all the Museums actually listened?
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