BH, I did say about BMA that “it is painfully clear that what they are doing now is not working.”
I don’t have the answers to what they should be doing, but there is no doubt that the numbers show that they should be doing something different.
I think that the point that I was trying to make is that people cannot expect their awesome collection to automatically draw people in when there are bigger and better funded museums around.
“Had to find the file…Mrs. BH is printing a menu (yeah, bit over the top eh).”
Cripes, the bar is just too damn high. I give up.
…
Two things.
1) Its her first time hosting a major holiday meal, and 3/4ths of the guest list (20 or so) is from my side
2) Its her nature to go overboard
You folks familiar with the Six Word Memoir. I think there is a book of them, and maybe even a website – not sure how it started. Anyway, Brian Lehrer (WNYC) had a contest this year, and Mrs. BH was one of three entrants interviewed on air (I believe she finished third).
BACKSTORY – now a doctor, she was a late blooming nerdy science girl in h.s.
donatella, I hear you and it is sad that so few people get to see such a world class collection.
The problem is that while the BM’s collection is top rate, the Met has a collection that is in a class of its own.
Perhaps I’m too pessimistic but no matter how cool Brooklyn gets, I don’t see BM ever getting the attention it deserves when it competes head-to-head with the Met.
Perhaps they need to find a niche they can really excel at that complements their collection.
Part of BAM’s success seems to be that they focus on a few areas that are not well covered by other institutions in the city.
biff, the problem is you probably didn’t install the detector _successfully_. Just cuz there are no wires hanging down doesn’t mean it will actually work. Jewish people who want to do home maintenance should stick to picture hanging, not things that involve life and limb.
A Christmas Carol is a classical tragedy. At the end of the story Scrooge, an otherwise heroic character, succumbs to a constitutional weakness, an inner failing he could never escape notwithstanding his otherwise great qualities, and purposefully fails in his mission. It’s very sad.
Just trying to figure out how many sizes too small your heart is. Grinch’s was only two.
Oh, and we all know which side you’re on in It’s a Wonderful Life. Not to mention I’ve read your brief appealing the judge’s evidentiary ruling admitting the letters and postal worker testimony (as document custodian)in Miracle on 34th Street.
Boerum Hill, BMA’s special exhibitions never seem to feature their collections. The last “blow out” for them was an exhibition on photographs of Rock and Roll stars. 🙁
“You folks familiar with the Six Word Memoir. I think there is a book of them, and maybe even a website – not sure how it started.”
Supposedly Hemingway wrote a six word story:
“For sale: baby shoes. Never used.”
BH, I did say about BMA that “it is painfully clear that what they are doing now is not working.”
I don’t have the answers to what they should be doing, but there is no doubt that the numbers show that they should be doing something different.
I think that the point that I was trying to make is that people cannot expect their awesome collection to automatically draw people in when there are bigger and better funded museums around.
By cobblehiller on December 22, 2010 12:38 PM
“Had to find the file…Mrs. BH is printing a menu (yeah, bit over the top eh).”
Cripes, the bar is just too damn high. I give up.
…
Two things.
1) Its her first time hosting a major holiday meal, and 3/4ths of the guest list (20 or so) is from my side
2) Its her nature to go overboard
You folks familiar with the Six Word Memoir. I think there is a book of them, and maybe even a website – not sure how it started. Anyway, Brian Lehrer (WNYC) had a contest this year, and Mrs. BH was one of three entrants interviewed on air (I believe she finished third).
BACKSTORY – now a doctor, she was a late blooming nerdy science girl in h.s.
Her Six Word Memoir:
Fourth choice for prom; STILL overcompensating.
LOL
Part of BAM’s success seems to be that they focus on a few areas that are not well covered by other institutions in the city.
true…
donatella, I hear you and it is sad that so few people get to see such a world class collection.
The problem is that while the BM’s collection is top rate, the Met has a collection that is in a class of its own.
Perhaps I’m too pessimistic but no matter how cool Brooklyn gets, I don’t see BM ever getting the attention it deserves when it competes head-to-head with the Met.
Perhaps they need to find a niche they can really excel at that complements their collection.
Part of BAM’s success seems to be that they focus on a few areas that are not well covered by other institutions in the city.
biff, the problem is you probably didn’t install the detector _successfully_. Just cuz there are no wires hanging down doesn’t mean it will actually work. Jewish people who want to do home maintenance should stick to picture hanging, not things that involve life and limb.
Jackal, would you also agree that:
A Christmas Carol is a classical tragedy. At the end of the story Scrooge, an otherwise heroic character, succumbs to a constitutional weakness, an inner failing he could never escape notwithstanding his otherwise great qualities, and purposefully fails in his mission. It’s very sad.
Just trying to figure out how many sizes too small your heart is. Grinch’s was only two.
Oh, and we all know which side you’re on in It’s a Wonderful Life. Not to mention I’ve read your brief appealing the judge’s evidentiary ruling admitting the letters and postal worker testimony (as document custodian)in Miracle on 34th Street.
Back. Just went out for a stocking stuffer.
Boerum Hill, BMA’s special exhibitions never seem to feature their collections. The last “blow out” for them was an exhibition on photographs of Rock and Roll stars. 🙁