The Powerhouse Museum started its first blog ‘Fresh & New’ in May 2005, within the Digital team, as a means of sharing work in progress. From this small beginning, the museum has expanded the number of blogs to the current total of 8 blogs.

Each blog is created to serve a particular audience, with blogs now run by our Observatory, research library and curatorial team.

You can find out more about these blogs in our video:

• Object of the week
• Photo of the day
• Fresh & New
• Observations

Alternate versions

• avi 11.4m
• mp4 8.5m
• transcript (rtf 33k)

Established by

The Powerhouse Museum

Started on

1st May 2005

Outcomes

The launch of the 'Fresh & New' blog marked the beginning of an ongoing social media presence for the Powerhouse Museum. Blogs create a vital space for online community outreach and help to increase awareness of the variety of activities taking place within the museum. They are also a great way to get to know our visitors and for recent exhibitions, such as 'The 80s Are Back' they have been a fundamental part of the exhibition planning process (see our entry on 'The 80s Are Back' exhibition for more details).

Addition details or information

Our blogging platform of choice is WordPress.

Categories

Topics: Communication, Culture, Education, Information & Communications Technology, and Technology.

Types: Gov 2.0.

Jurisdictions: New South Wales and State.