The 2010 International Museums & Mobile Survey is now open. Building on the success of last year’s survey – which received responses from well over 200 museum institutions from some 20 countries across the globe – this survey continues the exploration of the museum community’s use and ambitions with mobile technology tools.

Eliza Benington Kozlowski of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film joins Jonathan Finkelstein of LearningTimes for a discussion of the MUSE award-winning podcasting project, General Collection Podcasts for George Eastman House.

Chris Alexander and Lucy Larson of the San Jose Museum of Art join Jonathan Finkelstein of LearningTimes for a discussion of the MUSE award-winning public relations project, Road Trip: The Giant Artichoke. The project was created for an exhibition entitled Road Trip and capitalized on the common experience of a summer road trip.

Emily Blumenthal and Michelle Hagewood of the Walters Art Museum join Jonathan Finkelstein of LearningTimes for a discussion of the MUSE award-winning game, Waltee’s Quest: The Case of the Lost Art. Players take a magical journey through imaginative worlds and help Waltee, the museum’s family mascot, search for missing art.

Participants explored Smithsonian research and collections related to the evidence, impact, and response to climate change. Alongside Smithsonian scientists and curators, they looked at the issues surrounding climate change from the perspectives of science, history, and art. If you were unable to join us for these live events, you can still access them by exploring the session recordings, topic discussions, and additional resources available on the conference website.

Join experts from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for the Apollo Space Program Virtual Conference.

The second annual Museum-Ed Conference on Writing features sessions on writing for audio tours and cell phone tours, writing for technology, and writing for adult visitors, with new content lessons from popular journalism.

The Handheld Online Conference was held in June 2009, and was for museum professionals who want to know more about how the recent wave of mobile devices and portable computing can benefit their institutions, their patrons and their learners.

Daniel Incandela and Rob Stein of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) join Jonathan Finkelstein of LearningTimes for a discussion of the MUSE award-winning site, ArtBabble, a site which showcases the IMA’s extensive, self-produced video library.

On February 4–5, the Smithsonian commemorated Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birthday with a conference on his life and times. The sessions included “Lincoln’s Deathbed” by Smithsonian historian Pam Henson; “Mr. Lincoln’s Air Force,” a presentation on the uses of balloons in the Civil War by Air and Space Museum curator Tom Crouch; and “Sharing the Lesson Ideas” by Michelle Hammond, a Smithsonian Teacher Ambassador and the 2007 Maryland Teacher of the Year.