National Treasure — Or Feral Nuisance?

Somebody I met just the other day reminded me, inadvertently, that I hadn’t written anything interesting lately, so I resolved to choose the first thing that came to mind and take the idea for a ride!

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Kids Get Down at Virtual Museum of Canada Exhibit

Nice to see a Virtual Museum exhibit with direct participation in digital preservation from the students themselves. And why not? The title and subject both point to an excellent idea, well executed.
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Is AGO’s ‘Collection X’ Experiment Past Expiry Date?

This Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) exhibit, produced by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and published in 2006 is an interesting work for many reasons. First of all, it utilizes the rarely-seen top level domain ‘dot museum’ in its address, [www.collectionx.museum] and secondly its design allows people to contribute, as well as merely browse and study the collection of artifacts within.
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