Last Friday, Tom and I had the best intentions in the world of presenting to the attendees of Virtual Heritage Network Ireland in Cork. We were all set to talk about Letting Objects Speak for Themselves, and show folks some working boxes. It was also going to be my first visit to Ireland! But, our journey ended at Stansted, after a remarkable slurry of travel woes I shan’t bore you with. Suffice it to say that everything that could have gone wrong, did.
With our tails between our legs, Tom and I knew we wanted to send something in our place, so we headed back to HQ to see if we could make a video version of what we’d planned to talk about. Fate steps in again – we’d both not brought our office keys! (And Charlie was off at the Wellcome’s 3d4ever meeting!) Gah!
Luckily, the little office next door was open, so we were able to suck the office wifi, and we put together a version of what we would have said on stage to send over. Phew!
Museum in a Box – Letting Objects Speak for Themselves – VHN Ireland from Museum in a Box on Vimeo.
We were very happy to watch people via Twitter telling us they enjoyed it. A soothing balm after a shitty day, and overall, a helpful result!
@_museuminabox loved the presentation! Your project ticks so many boxes (see what I did there:-) re museums, heritage,learning! #VHNIreland
— Karolina (@karolinabadz) December 9, 2016
@_museuminabox @Vimeo Highly impressed w/creation of high quality video in just HOURS, some of which appears to be from the airport!
— Heather Christie (@stringthepast) December 9, 2016
You can’t get more virtual than this! Great presentation from @_museuminabox & surprise straight from airport floor! #VHNIreland pic.twitter.com/gnS9WOoX1i
— Karolina (@karolinabadz) December 9, 2016
A run in with customs stopped @_museuminabox getting to @VHNIreland but still sent us on a video about the project pic.twitter.com/OYhKusMelf
— David Ryan (@Ryan_Genealogy) December 9, 2016
Thanks for the kind words, everyone!