Blog @ the Nelson-Atkins

As part of my job, I try to keep in touch with what people are saying about the Nelson-Atkins on websites and other blogs. Today, I decided to check out what people have posted to You Tube. I found about 40 posts (technically 43 but some of them were not directly related to the Museum).

I tried not to spend too much time "researching" so here are just a few of my favorites:

A Day at the Museum which was posted by a former security officer. I particularly enjoyed the music. It is a little reminiscent of the scene in Ferris Bueller when they romp through the Chicago Art Institute.

There is also a great excerpt from Charlie Rose's interview with Steven Holl after the opening of the Bloch Building in 2007.

Another one I found very interesting was a high school documentary called What is Power. It features a lot of fellow Museum staff members trying to answer deep, theoretical questions. It was actually produced through the Museum's New Dimensions program but I still found it quite enlightening.

I have to say that my favorite entry on You Tube would be Waitress Clearing a Table in Rozzelle Court (Restaurant). I guess you could call it performance art.