In response to our previous post (see below) about the numerous local historical museums, a reader posted a comment about the Pioneer Valley History Network. He wrote:
The Pioneer Valley History Network is a new organization that helps link these historical museums and sites. They have a listserv … and soon will have a website. It can be a [...]
There are many small historical museums in the valley that go unnoticed. They often have very small operating budgets, and their curation and management is frequently a labor of love by dedicated volunteers. These places are hidden gems; small treasure troves of artifacts and documents of local history.
We’ve just read a nice post about one these small museums [...]
MassMOCA has a YouTube page where they post videos of events and exhibitions. This such a fabulous idea for a museum.
They’ve really embraced online technology: a nicely-designed website, a blog, live webcams, podcasts, and now a YouTube page. We wonder what’s next: MySpace, or Facebook?
If you haven’t been to MassMOCA, we highly recommend a visit. [...]
