Last week, Commons member the Brooklyn Museum won big in the Museums and the Web 2009 conference Best of the Web Awards. Here’s a big — loud — thank-you from the Brooklyn Museum for your support:

Thank You! from Brooklyn Museum on Vimeo.

This year, at an industry conference, we won a few awards for our work on the web. We couldn’t be there to accept and sent this video along in our stead. We want to share this with you for a limited time, because your participation in our efforts both online and at the Museum are what matter and these awards belong to you as much as they do us. Many thanks from our team. Note: make sure your sound is on and up loud!! :)

Say thank-you back, and help the Brooklyn …

On Friday, just before those Best of the Web Awards were announced, the Brooklyn Museum posted news about cutbacks in response to financial difficulties, which you can read in the message from the Director, Arnold L. Lehman. We’re hoping here that not too many of the people connected with the really innovative stuff they do choose the severance package.

There’s been a push, started by one of the leading conference speakers on Friday, to encourage more people to become 1stfans. The 1stfans program is yet another innovation from the Brooklyn: a low-cost membership level that’s more about social-networking community and online access than it is about discounts and separate lounge areas. How low? $20! You can’t lose — and it’s a win for the Brooklyn Museum.

Tags: 1stfans, Brooklyn Museum

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