themuseumgoer.com
ca. 2024, website, blog, podcast, etc.
By Dave Walker
2024.555.867.5309
A digital destination for all who are interested in visiting museums, museum-adjacent attractions, and historic hotels in New Orleans and the Gulf South.
The site was created by Dave Walker, a career journalist whose Plan B vocation was communications and marketing work for two great New Orleans institutions, the National WWII Museum and the Historic New Orleans Collection.
Launched in July 2024, themuseumgoer.com features a blog, podcast, free email newsletter, YouTube videos, and comprehensive essays about local museums and historic hotels.
Walker’s reporting can be read in the Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate (read it here) and heard every Wednesday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered on New Orleans NPR affiliate WWNO 89.9 FM.
Call to action: If you visit any museums featured here or stay in any of the historic hotels featured here because you read about them here, please be sure to tell your ticketing or front-desk agent. Thanks!
Questions, comments, corrections: [email protected].
Frequently Asked Questions
I work in sales and marketing at a historic hotel. How does my property get on themuseumgoer.com?
Contact [email protected].
I work in Comms at a local museum. How do I get my museum’s public programming mentioned in the Museumgoer Newsletter, in the paper, or on the radio?
Send the details as soon as they’re confirmed to [email protected]. It doesn’t have to be fancy or a full press release every time. I mostly learn about events by visiting website calendars. Thank you for keeping those updated, Comms person.
Are you a robot?
No. I use AI for a couple of specific things, but the writing, wherever it appears, is me, for better or worse.
What are those specific things?
The website logo is the result of a Canva AI prompt asking for an image of a person looking at an exhibit in a museum rendered in the style of Mark Rothko, go figure. For the vertical videos on the website, YouTube, and Instagram, I ask ChatGPT to use website text to write a 50-second, NPR-style voiceover script.
Is that all?
I think so. No, wait. I use ChatGPT a lot as a research-starter. Who doesn’t?
I have a question to add to this. Where do I send it?
Send your questions to [email protected].