Translation process
27 July 2020
In the past three months we had constantly new messages because of the lockdown, now it seems to be a bit of silence about our museum. Behind the scenes we are working on another mega job, that is to say the ongoing translation of our website. A never ending story. We are currently working on the object name field, which is being translated into English. That seems simple, but it involves opening and closing almost 35,000 boxes with the aim of typing in the appropriate translation. It must be said that these translations do not turn out to be easy, because the English language does not always have an equivalent for our specialist vocabulary.
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23 July 2020
During the continuous up-loading of photos into our online database, we appear to have reached a new record. The counter has passed the 170,000 unique photos in our database. As a matter of fact, the record is not in unexpected groups of acquisitions, but in the deepening of the database due to the desire to present multiple photos of each object. This is a unique quality for a museum database, which is highly appreciated by the virtual visitor.
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21 July 2020
The third of July the Dutch crew of Europa Nostra held a shooting day in the Amsterdam Pipe Museum for a short film about our museum in anticipation of the European Heritage Award ceremony. Inspired by this example, all nominees will produce such a video in order to promote their project. Take a preview of the film and experience how Don Duco's decades of dedicated work led to an impressive result.
PermalinkMagnificent meerschaum book
7 July 2020
Curator Don Duco made a book review of the recently released book by Anna Ridovics. It is a catalog of one of the divisions of the National Museum in Budapest, where Ridovics has been curator for almost twenty years. Click here and read his findings in the article or better yet, order the book through the museum in Budapest and learn which treasures are hidden in the reserves. The voluminous book with 445 pages with text in two languages and hundreds of good quality photos offers a wonderful insight into this sub-collection.
PermalinkEven more freedom
1 July 2020
The Covid-19 restrictions are gradually scaled down. From the first of this month, the museums are open to visitors again. Appointments with a time slot are no longer necessary. Only if there were really too many visitors at the same time, one has to wait. Although corona has not yet been suppressed, this is yet another major expansion of freedom. Incidentally, it appears that there is absolutely no question of crowds. Most people still have a large reserve for doing things outside their own home. Of course, safety and health come first. In any case, it is quieter in our museum than we would like. Those who want to take advantage of that tranquility are welcome now!
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