The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
crunch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8340000/8340451.stm
"These changes mark the latest upgrades to the UK's oldest public
museum, with its origins dating back to the early 17th Century."
Ashmolean - official site
http://ashweb2.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/
David Christainsen
Kendall K Down
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crunch <pchris...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Stories from the Ashmolean Museum
First time I visited I was allowed to photograph freely (though
without flash or tripod). Next time I went back they had banned
photography. I didn't bother to go in.
Ken Down
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> crunch <pchristain...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Stories from the Ashmolean Museum
>
> First time I visited I was allowed to photograph freely (though
> without flash or tripod). Next time I went back they had banned
> photography. I didn't bother to go in.
>
> Ken Down
As you know, it is not a perfect world.
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David Christainsen
Tom McDonald
>
> > Stories from the Ashmolean Museum
>
> First time I visited I was allowed to photograph freely (though
> without flash or tripod). Next time I went back they had banned
> photography. I didn't bother to go in.
Your purposes are somewhat different from those of most of us who
might be interested in visiting such museums. For me, and I think for
most folks, photography is a distant second to seeing the artifacts
themselves.
I'm not sure I begrudge museums their sales of photography of their
collections. In many (most?) cases, images of the more important
artifacts are probably available on-line anyway.
Still, it would be nice to be able to take one's own images in
museums, so long as doing so would not put the artifacts at risk.
crunch
Take a look inside the revamped Ashmolean Museum
at Oxford University with this video from BBC News -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/8347299.stm
David Christainsen
Kendall K Down
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Tom McDonald <kil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Your purposes are somewhat different from those of most of us who
> might be interested in visiting such museums. For me, and I think for
> most folks, photography is a distant second to seeing the artifacts
> themselves.
Possibly.
> I'm not sure I begrudge museums their sales of photography of their
> collections. In many (most?) cases, images of the more important
> artifacts are probably available on-line anyway.
1. They don't sell pictures of their collections.
2. Museums that do, don't have the pictures I want - horizontal, never
vertical, and from the angle I want.
3. Yes, on-line is a valuable resource, but I'm talking about the days
when the internet wasn't even a gleam on the horizon.
4. I have no objection to paying a reasonable fee for non-commercial
photography and would expect to pay a commercial fee if I made money
out of the images I take.
> Still, it would be nice to be able to take one's own images in
> museums, so long as doing so would not put the artifacts at risk.
Again, I quite agree. I am not convinced about the dangers of flash,
but am happy to err on the side of caution.