public service, museums and photography: what are the limits?
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Public debate organized by Acess Culture [ http://accesscultureportugal.wordpress.com ] and ICOM Portugal on Oct. 2013 following the passing of the law-decree regarding filming & photographing national museums & heritage. The law is unclear on what is allowed and forbidden; it is unenforceable; it does not reflect contemporary practices, especially the heavy use of social media by visitors, and the benefits that museums can derive from this practice. It severely restricts visitors from filming, photographing and sharing their experiences in the museum. Following the debate, the law-decree was annulled. UPDATE: In June 2014, a new law was passed. Again, it severely restricted visitor practices of filming, photographing and sharing their experiences within national heritage & museums. It also introduced the bizarre concept of the 'dignity' of sites and collections re: the need for previous authorization when filming and photographing. Finally, it gave discretionary powers - but, importantly, no guidelines - to gallery assistants, in allowing, or forbidding, filming and photographing within museum galleries.TRANSCRIPT
C.M. Cascais, Museus Municipais,
2010
Estepilha, http://www.flickr.com/photos/50749884@N03/4663596832/sizes/m/in/pool-1372230@N25/
Sérgio Lourenço, http://www.flickr.com/photos/50491126@N04/4633093257/in/pool-museusdeportasabertas
Marco Coelho, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mpjcoelho/4628850321/in/pool-1372230@N25/lightbox/
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
2009
Setembro 2013, Museu Nacional
Desde que não seja exagerado
Sem tripé Desde que seja para recordação
Só sem flashMenos nas exposições temporárias
Menos nas exposições permanentes
Só são permitidas panorâmicas de sala
Não
Nas ruínas à vontade
Sem flash, e fechamos à 4a feira
PORQUÊ?
São normas do museu.
É assim.
Terá sido nesta república que o teu Avô estudou nos anos 20?Museu Nacional Machado de Castro, Coimbra
É este quadro que está no poster!
Olha um exemplo de uma má tabuleta.Hunt Collection, Limerick, Irlanda
Bartolomeu Dias Museum, Mossel Bay, África do Sul
A filmar um diorama da praia em que o seu pai, Neil Maclean, desembarcou, em 1944, na Normandia. O diorama recria o que as tropas do Terceiro Reich teriam visto a partir dos seus bunkers. Neil Maclean morreu nos anos 90. Musée du Debarquement, Arromanches, França
Finalmente, a ‘píxide de Braga’. Há 14 anos que a queria ver.
Museu da Sé de Braga
Que beleza!
Tapeçaria de Bayeux, Bayeux, Franca
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem