This is the title of the guest post I’ve just written for the Museum 2.0 blog by Nina Simon. I’ve long been a fan of the blog and it’s exciting to be able to make my own small contribution to it.
The blog post is part of a series called the Blueprint book club – a series of reactions to the book Blueprint, the story of the Dutch Museum of National History. This project to build a new national museum was cancelled in 2011, and this book is a way of recording the plans and vision of the project from its inception to its demise. My take draws parallels between the Dutch museum’s fate and the slightly shaky early history of the National Museum of Australia.
There will be more instalments by other guest contributors over the coming days and weeks. So why not have a read and contribute?
Thanks for this Regan, it sounds a very interesting idea. I will certainly drop by and read your contribution, and probably others too.