Defining Museums – a task that goes beyond the obvious (3)
At all probability, that neither museum curators nor archivists or librarians would pass the prevailing criteria that constitute any...
Defining Museums – a task that goes beyond the obvious (2)
Explaining further, let me just add, that in some cases the process is done by museums, - institutions of distinct variety and most...
Defining Museums – a task that goes beyond the obvious (1)
Official museum definitions are indispensable because by having them we can have a strong, basic frame of reference to manage the...
The past is a useful companion but a sinister leader
Wisdom seems to be about how to understand the past as a tool of the present and means to the future. Claimed as a leader, it may just be...
Public memory in a betrayed society – notes of a lecturer
It's nice to see the job done. That's why the published books are good. I gave lectures for a long time at many places, and one was in...
Professionalism in Museums: The Frog’s Destiny
As I said in the article “Combatant curator”, - I do not know any more to whom should I thank for the amazing caricature of a frog...
Has Orwell been too optimistic?
Orwell has been with us ever since. But, though a journalist and social analyst, he may have been writing his novel „1984“not as a...
120 Dublin Stories episode 34: Mark Leslie & Tomislav Šola
Organised and hosted by the Little Museum of Dublin, in this episode Mark Leslie, of Martello Media; and founder of the Best in Heritage...
Public memory is about survival
Any society succeeds or fails depending upon the understanding of its past. Public health is the responsibility of all, but some have a...
