“Your Name Here” Virtual Museum
Would you like to have a museum named after someone, yourself or someone in whose name you’d like to create a legacy? There’s nothing permanent about brick & mortar. You’ve seen many historical monuments go down, and more will do so as the infrastructure fails during the middle of this century. What will survive? Certainly the virtual spaces, hanging in soft, fluffy white clouds.
I would like to create a virtual museum — I’ve had the idea for many years, made something in GODD which because of server issues and large download and system upgrade requirements can’t be used for large multiplayer applications because people just won’t be able to get it or install it or use it.
So, in this time and space, I see the possibility of creating a permanent exhibition space for antiquities, modern art, historical experiential events, and more, and I’m looking for donors, supporters for it. What will it be like? Depends on the funding I get to work with. I’ll start with the items that have passed through my hands. There are some incredible museum builds available in Second Life. The hard cost for the first year to create a fully public well-attended virtual museum with LICENSED exhibits only, would be $15,540. You could donate all or part. Expansion of the museum would depend on attendance and continued support. The museum will be free to all, with donation jars placed thoughtfully and delicately.
Donors and Sponsors are needed. What’s the difference?
$25 — Exhibit Sponsor — one exhibit case with Sponsor’s name.
$100 — Hall Sponsor — One exhibit Hall is named after the Sponsor, such as: “Wilson Hall of Dinosaurs”.
$500 — Wing Sponsor — One entire Wing of the Museum is named after the Sponsor or given the name of the Sponsor’s choice, such as “Dr. Jane J. Meredith Memorial Wing”, or “The Walter P. Nortensen Wing”.
$1,000 — Floor Sponsor — Each Floor of the Museum has its Sponsor and is named accordingly. Six Floors with four wings each are currently in planning.
$15,000 — Gallery Annex Sponsor — The legal name of the entire actual museum cannot be changed — it is a registered well-recognized museum — but the in-world virtual experience of the visitor would be that they would see themselves entering the, for instance, “Martha Miller Museum of Modern Art”. A museum of modern, ancient, and medieval world art is now slightly past the planning stage. There would also be a Tesla Museum, the Thought Experiment Museum and a few more I’m holding up my sleeve.
We will also need volunteers. You can operate in this environment as if in an Ashram, because all the requirements for Ashram space will have been silently and invisibly (to the casual visitor) placed there, including so-called legominisms, artifacts carrying ancient and offworld messages.
The museum would need guards, docents, exhibit managers, publicity and promotion, and permissions secretaries, as well as experts in all fields of museumology. Volunteers for this project should contact Claude or Jewel for details.
See You At The Top!!!
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