FYI: I’m starting something new today. In every entry, I am going to include a quote about art. Or a quote by an artist. Let’s just say, I’m looking for a little inspiration.
With the exception of the Pez Museum, all the previously mentioned museums are big name and well-known museums in big cities. However, readers beware that museums with this kind of technology are not far from reach.
For the University of Oregon students in Eugene, Oregon, it is right there on campus- at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum. The university’s paper, the Oregon Daily Emerald, reports “dozens of art exhibits are now more than a visual experience. Thanks to a year-long project - and a lot of work by a University student - visitors at the museum can experience art through their ears. On Feb. 14, the museum began offering its visitors audio podcasts called ‘I-Tours’ that explain background information on many of the art pieces, the architecture of the building or exhibits as a whole.”
To listen to a podcast from the Jordan Schnitzer Museum, click here.
In an upcoming entry (I am not exactly sure when), I will delight you with my very own unauthorized tour of an exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum. So, I hope you will listen to this one and the one that I will be posting.
Anyways, the point of my entry today is not to be afraid of museums. And not to view them just as places you visit as a tourist. Explore the museums that are near you. You might be pleasantly surprised.
Well, that’s it for now.
-Son
“I do not seek. I find.” By Pablo Picasso
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