Comments for RyanD http://blog.ryandonahue.net Culture + Technology Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:25:55 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on A Meta-taxonomy for Museums by Paul Rowe http://blog.ryandonahue.net/2012/02/a-meta-taxonomy-for-museums/#comment-6237 Paul Rowe Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:25:55 +0000 http://blog.ryandonahue.net/?p=99#comment-6237 A Taxonomy of Museum Types A flat list where each museum fits under multiple categories will probably handle all the odd museums of the world a little better (and there are many odd museums). A reshuffle of your list plus a few extras gives: Arboretum Agriculture Arts Automobile Aviation Botanic Garden Children's Computers Corporate (focused on a company/organisation) Cultural History Decorative Arts Event-specific Film Fine Arts Historic House Historic Site History Maritime Modern Arts Military National Natural History Nature Center Object-specific (e.g. Victorian Doll Museum) Open Air Personal (focused on a person/family) Place-specific Photography Planetarium Railway Science Space Technology Transport Zoo Examples: Picasso Museum = Personal, Arts, Modern Art A Taxonomy of People in Museum (and what they did as children) Tinkerer - Disassembled/reassembled the family grandfather clock but had one piece left over Organizer - Sorted their Dr Suess books alphabetically by Title Collector - Collected all 24 "The Empire Strikes Back" cards from a cornflakes packet promotion Designer - Believed Arthur Conan Doyle was right about the fairies Convervator - Repaired matchstick Eiffel Tower found in a yard sale A Taxonomy of Museum Types
A flat list where each museum fits under multiple categories will probably handle all the odd museums of the world a little better (and there are many odd museums).

A reshuffle of your list plus a few extras gives:

Arboretum
Agriculture
Arts
Automobile
Aviation
Botanic Garden
Children’s
Computers
Corporate (focused on a company/organisation)
Cultural History
Decorative Arts
Event-specific
Film
Fine Arts
Historic House
Historic Site
History
Maritime
Modern Arts
Military
National
Natural History
Nature Center
Object-specific (e.g. Victorian Doll Museum)
Open Air
Personal (focused on a person/family)
Place-specific
Photography
Planetarium
Railway
Science
Space
Technology
Transport
Zoo

Examples:
Picasso Museum = Personal, Arts, Modern Art

A Taxonomy of People in Museum (and what they did as children)

Tinkerer – Disassembled/reassembled the family grandfather clock but had one piece left over
Organizer – Sorted their Dr Suess books alphabetically by Title
Collector – Collected all 24 “The Empire Strikes Back” cards from a cornflakes packet promotion
Designer – Believed Arthur Conan Doyle was right about the fairies
Convervator – Repaired matchstick Eiffel Tower found in a yard sale

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