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Launched in March 2010, Object Stories invites visitors to record their own narratives about personal objects-whether a piece of clothing, a cherished record album, or a family heirloom.  By capturing, honoring, and sharing participants' stories, this project aims to demystify the Museum, making it more accessible, welcoming, and meaningful to a greater diversity of communities - while continuing to highlight the inherent relationship between people and things.  Nearly one thousand people from throughout Portland-most of who had never before set foot in the Museum-have participated as storytellers in this project.

Seductive Subversion opens today and the show takes a look at the impact of women artists on the traditionally male-dominated field of Pop art.  The exhibition team wanted to keep things simple in the gallery-a spare look, so the pop art would really pop out at you.  At the same time, the team had a plethora of research about each of the 25 artists featured in the show and wanted a way to share that with the public.   So, the goals of this endeavor became two-fold.  First, how do we share the research and, second, how do we do it in a way that won't overwhelm the visitor experience?  Wikipedia + iPads became the answer

"Social networks are not passive, so your Facebook landing page shouldn't be either. It's nice to have a great looking "Welcome" splash, but users are going to want to do something when they arrive."

"Welcome to the Teacher Network, where you can browse and use thousands of innovative free resources and create and share your own. Assess your class's progress with our unique Test Centre, and use the network to find the perfect job. The Teacher Network is part of Guardian Professional Networks, our new community sites where we bring together insights, news and best practice. Guardian Professional is a division of Guardian News & Media."

Smarthistory.org is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook. We use multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art. We are seeking contributors-especially for canonical non-Western material and other survey topics not yet covered. We welcome comments, feedback and corrections.

While museums have long strived to be welcoming places as well as havens of learning, social media is turning them into virtual community centers. On Facebook or Twitter or almost any museum Web site, everyone has a voice, and a vote. Curators and online visitors can communicate, learning from one another. As visitors bring their hand-held devices to visits, the potential for interactivity

"Welcome to UKOLN's Cultural Heritage blog. The blog aims to provide a key communication channel for UKOLN's engagement with the cultural heritage sector, for disseminating information on UKOLN's activities in this area and for encouraging discussion and debate on innovation and best practices."

The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales. Every year many thousands of objects are discovered, many of these by metal-detector users, but also by people whilst out walking, gardening or going about their daily work. Such discoveries offer an important source for understanding our past.