Crowdsourcing the Smithsonian:There are prizes!

Fifteen museums and cultural institutions (including the Smithsonian American Art Museum) are participating in Wikipedia Loves Art ,a scavenger hunt/content-building contest that looks like a whole lot of fun. Check out the Flickr group and rules here.

Some of the prizes that looked most toothsome to me:

Indianapolis Museum of Art

The photographer with [...]

Stephen Colbert:National Treasure

A late call to the Atonement Phone last night brought an update to the saga of Stephen Colbert’s painting:while April 1st was the last day the portrait was hanging in the National Portrait Gallery,apparently Brent Glass of the Smithsonian decided to take it for the next two weeks. Stephen’s portrait will be hanging [...]

Raising Your Museum Profile 101:April Fool?

How to increase your visitor stream? Well,after the National Portrait Gallery hung Stephen Colbert’s portrait by the bathrooms for an announced six-week “exhibition,”fans and visitors flocked to the portrait. So last Monday,Stephen stopped by to check in with his portrait–and the National Portrait Gallery announced due to the popularity of the “exhibit,”[...]

Stephen Colbert and the Smithsonian

Check out the first installment of Stephen’s journey to the Smithsonian here on the Comedy Central site. The video is labeled “National Treasure Pt. 1″. I’m sure that I’m not the only one who is waiting for the next installment on Monday…