WebGallery of Art

The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism periods 1100-1850, currently containing over 22.600 reproductions. Picture commentaries, artist biographies are available. Guided tours, period music, catalogue, free postcard and other services are provided. Read more at/Lees meer [...]

Museums to Go

“Build for now, build fast, build cheap.” The Museums to Go Working group is an ad hoc consortium of museums aiming to build open-source mobile browser and/or app solutions this year – 2009! Join the conversation on the workings of the project. See Notes from the Unconference by Mark Gilicinski on Open-source Mobile Solutions at [...]

MuseumMobile Wiki

The MuseumMobile wiki is an outgrowth of Tate’s Handheld Conference Wiki, which was initially developed for a September 2008 conference hosted by Tate Modern. It is a free public wiki and continues to grow as a repository for resources, best practice, and conversation about mobile interpretation and technologies for museums and cultural sites. Currently it [...]

Putting people first » Literature review on museums and libraries in a digital age

Literature review on museums and libraries in a digital age The Futures of Learning blog, which is associated with a MacArthur Foundation project, just completed an extensive literature review, conducted as part of the project, Inspiring the Technological Imagination: Museums and Libraries in a Digital Age.The work discussed in this literature review seeks to answer [...]

DEN | digitaal.allemaal.

Zo vlak voor de zomer wordt het hoog tijd om wat te schrijven vanuit het onderzoeksproject BMICE Business Model Innovatie Cultureel Erfgoed. Als de erfgoedsector een belangrijke rol wil spelen in de digitale samenleving dan moet onze digitale dienstverlening nog aanzienlijk groeien maar tegelijk financierbaar blijven. Businessmodellen en vernieuwing daarvan is volgens DEN daarbij een [...]

Mobile promotions inspiration for museums?

Targeted streaming video as content enhancer, contextualisation and marketing tool are probably the future for individual museum visitors. This is what Jeremy Copp has to say about viral marketing opportunities in the context of the film industry: It is likely that most, if not all, cinema visitors have a mobile phone – a device so [...]

News: IBC2009 – Mobile Zone

Located in IBC’s new Hall 12, the Mobile Zone focuses on the latest developments and innovations in mobile multimedia technologies, applications and services. via IBC2009 – Mobile Zone.

Wolfgang Hürst, Utrecht University, research: Mobile video browsing

Limited screen size, restricted input capabilities, and different needs resulting from the mobile0 context appear to be the biggest challenges in the development of future services and applications for mobile multimedia. For example, initial studies with the usage of mobile video and TV suggest that in a mobile context, users want to interact and more [...]

Museum Blog

Een klein eigen onderzoekje (museumblogger) onder diverse Nederlandse musea leverde op dat veel instellingen bezig zijn zich meer in de digitale wereld te verdiepen maar dat er nog weinig echt gebeurt. 2.0 staat in museumland nog in de kinderschoenen. De grote musea hebben fantastische websites maar maken een Hyves aan waar ze vervolgens niets meer [...]

Mediamatic – Kom je ook? 2

How to reach new audiences and how to use web 2.0 and social media? International experts talk about their success stories. We bring inspiration, give you the courage to take risks and help you realize plans for your organisation! Mediamatic organises ‘Kom je ook? 2′ (“Are you coming too?” in Dutch), an energetic afternoon (1 [...]