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Digital Media in Museums
How to get it right?
Merel van der Vaart4 April 2013
About me: I enjoy working on the crossroads of online & off-line, on-site & off-site. So far my experiences have varied from making exhibitions to running workshops, from giving tours of a physical space to setting up social media projects. I have worked in research environments & have done ‘front line’ heritage jobs (as in actually speaking to visitors).
people
information
objects
This is how I see ‘the museum’A place where people, objects & information come together.
people
information
objects
And this is the bit I’m most interested in.
online offline
off-site
on-siteRoss Parry & Nadia ArbachIn: Cameron & Kenderine (eds.) ‘Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage’ (MIT Press: 2007)
online offline
off-site
on-site
web sites 'outreach'
in-gallery internet connections / live
labels
traditional museum visit
Ross Parry & Nadia ArbachIn: Cameron & Kenderine (eds.) ‘Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage’ (MIT Press: 2007)
web sitesapps
social mediaonline offline
off-site
on-site
'outreach'
in-gallery internet connections / live
labels
traditional museum visit
These days it’s a bit more like this:
web sitesapps
social mediaonline offline
off-site
on-site
'outreach'
in-gallery internet connections / live
labels
traditional museum visit
This is the bit we’ll be looking at.
Who do you want to reach?
Where will they be?
Where will they be?
Family playing Beestenbende game at the University Museum, Utrecht
Where will they be?
Family playing Beestenbende game at the University Museum, Utrecht
Me halfway up Mt. Snowdon (Wales)
What do you want to achieve?
Wat does your audience want?
marketing
basic information
engaging with collection
What do you want to achieve?
Are you sure?
Why?
Does it have to be digital?
Who do you want to reach?Where will they be?
What do you want to achieve?
Think about your audience.
Does it have to be digital?Why?
Websites
Social Media
Online catalogues
Here’s a list of the websites we’ve looked at:https://www.diigo.com/list/merelvaart/4-aril-2013
Websites
Social Media
Online catalogues
Here’s a list of the social media we’ve looked at:https://www.diigo.com/list/merelvaart/4-april-2013-social-media
Websites
Social Media
Online catalogues
Here’s a list of the catalogues we’ve looked at:https://www.diigo.com/list/merelvaart/4-april-2013-online-catalogues
“While many museum websites now support
online access to their collection databases,
the speed of the digitization process has not generally been reciprocated
by a review of data quality.”
Fiona Cameron & Helena RobinsonIn: Cameron & Kenderine (eds.) ‘Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage’ (MIT Press: 2007)
“In the past, collection databases functioned as internal museum tools for the almost exclusive use of collection
managers and curators.”
Fiona Cameron & Helena RobinsonIn: Cameron & Kenderine (eds.) ‘Theorizing Digital Cultural Heritage’ (MIT Press: 2007)
Who do you want to reach?
Where will they be?
What do you want to achieve?
Does it have to be digital?
Why?
You don’t have to know everything.
Ask questions.
Make mistakes.
