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What's All This Then?
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Friday Edition
John Solimine of Spike Press created the 2008 Field-Tested Books poster
we tagged along and brought a camera for Spiked.
Coudal Partners
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Exceptional exhibits are highlighted each quarter. Selections
from previous seasons are archived here.
The Board
Please consider joining our MoOM Board of Directors won't you? You'll receive some nice swag and can lord it over your less civic-minded friends.
Winter 2012
Today it seems almost sacrilege to write a personal note in the front of a book. If you aren't the author, what gives you the right to deface a gift? Yet when we find an inscription in an old book someone gave us, or accidentally happen upon one in some used bookstore, there come those warm "those were the gold old days" feelings. To help ease that conundrum, The Book Inscriptions Project collects and scans inscriptions, thus keeping your own books safe and your heart appropriately warmed.
A mainstay on The MoOM Museum Campus, The Computer History Museum is a great resource and a joy to roam around in online. In particular, the Museums's collection of marketing brochures is a visual treat, full of surprises, typography and design.
I'm trying to quit my six-cans-of-Coke-a-day habit, just this morning I had a relapse thwarted when the dang machine ate my change. Time to visit USASODA, a collection of United States soft drink items. It won't get my 85 cents back, but at least I can see how much more attractive soda cans used to be.
A major problem for cops everywhere is the ubiquity of suspicious looking vans. Every time a crime is committed, witnesses look around and fixate on the vehicle that looks most like it has been pimped and driven by a twitchy pederast or Satan worshipper. The owners of these vehicles are among America's Most Hauled In For Questioning. The Definitive List of Suspicious Vans.
Multiple visual interpretations of a single idea are always interesting and when it's Nabokov's Lolita we're talking about, well that just adds a little danger to the exercise. Covering Lolita. Also check Peter Mendelsund smart illustrated post on the the subject and Nabokov's own comments on various editions of his novel.
the Museum of online museums
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Welcome to the MoOM. The galleries are updated continuously, and new exhibitions are hung each quarter.
Introducing a film from Coudal Partners and The Board of Directors of the Museum of Online Museums. The Curators is a three-part documentary, hosted by Collections Director Kevin Guilfoile, that focuses on the collectors and the collected.
The Museum Campus
The Permanent Collection
Galleries, Exhibitions and Shows
† = Most recently added
Recently acquired but not-yet-collected exhibits, with descriptions, along with exhibits previously collected, can be found in the MoOM Annex, a part of the general Coudal Partners archives.
Find a JobAbout
The MoOM is a part of the Coudal Partners site. Based in Chicago, CP is a small design firm with big ideas.
MoOM Overview
Welcome to the Museum of Online Museums. On the MoOM main page you, will find the current exhibitions. The main collection is in the center column, divided into three subsections. On the left you'll find the five current featured exhibitions. The MoOM is updated continuously with major updates coming once each quarter.
An archive of previously featured exhibitions is available for browsing.
Those interested in supporting the MoOM as Benefactors also earn the right, but not the obligation, to post links to their own and other worthy collections. Information on serving on The Board is detailed in the Benefactors section.
A more detailed description of the MoOM Mission and galleries, as well as recent news and press clippings can be found here.
Special Feature
In honor of its recent renovation, we've assembled some information and a short film about the spiritual home of the MoOM, Crown Hall, at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
infrequent mail
The MoOM is updated extensively each quarter. For a quick note when that happens and occasional contests and other stuff, enter your email here. We won't ever abuse the privilege. Period.
