The Museum and the Researcher in the information age: problem – solution – bonus
1. The Museum and the Researcher in the information age: problem – solution – bonus MA conference 2009 Sally Curry – Research Information Network [email_address]
Research The Society's extensive Library and Museum collections provide invaluable facilities for people wishing to undertake research into the history, archaeology, art or natural history of Wiltshire, whether school children undertaking school projects, college students, graduates and post-graduate students preparing dissertations and theses or members of the public with general enquiries or personal projects including family history research. The staff are always pleased to assist researchers and enquirers and to give access to the reserve collections of the Museum and Library as well as to provide information about them. While it is always best to visit the Museum and Library, the staff are happy to answer queries sent by post, e-mail or over the telephone. The Librarian is also able to undertake research on behalf of enquirers who are unable to visit the Museum, at a charge of £15.00 (plus VAT) per hour. Research Charter Academic Research support overview Our collections are nationally-important, and we welcome the many researchers who wish to study them. In order to support your research, we encourage you to prepare your time visiting us well, as we can also prepare for your visit, making sure that your time and ours is spent effectively. The museum has a small staff, and issues such as exhibition schedules, project deadlines, holidays and staff illness can make it difficult or impossible for us to meet research requests at short notice. We will, however, help as much as we can.
The Smithsonian Institution decided to put many of its photographs onto Flickr – the popular photograph sharing software. Robert Shank – a Post Office airmail pilot As you can see he has crashed – and survived The official text originally stated that this plane was a Curtis JN 4H - however
A viewer, who obviously knew a great deal, commented that the plane was wrongly identified and was in fact a JR1B - different wings, different rudder and different headrest The details on the official version were changed following this comment
Powerhouse Museum Collection Vieira: This was taken in 1934.
Comments from site users: “ After a bit of googling, it seems the location of the store was Park & Pitt streets. Not sure which corner, though (streetview doesn't help much). Posted 4 weeks ago. “ “ beachcomberaustralia says: xamesm - Farmers was on the NW corner of Pitt and Park Streets. This shot is looking north up Pitt Street. “
National Maritime Museum
U155 was seized after the armistice on Nov 24 1918.She was taken to Britain and exhibited in London and elsewhere before being broken up at Morecambe in 1922. During her career she carried out three patrols between 19 Feb 1917 and 11 November 1918 during which time she sank66 Allied merchant ships with a combined tonnage of 188,101 tons Horsesitch
East Lothian Museums have created a blog called – ‘Behind the scenes’ - and a number of Flickr Albums
Comments will be assessed by the curators and if appropriate, added to the catalogue