PRESS RELEASE: Europeana’s Strategic Plan published

Europeana’s Strategic Plan 2011-2015, has been published by the Europeana Foundation. The Plan comes as a timely response to last week’s report from the Comité des Sages which recommended ‘a clear vision and plan…for the further development of Europeana.’ The Strategic Plan outlines the approach Europeana will take in the changing information landscape. In the [...]

New Media: Sukiennice Museum shows Stories Behind the Paintings

Ads and new techniques used by National Museum in Krakow to reach people.

The Comité des Sages calls for a “New Renaissance” by bringing Europe’s cultural heritage online

The report of the Comité des Sages (high-level reflection group) on Digitisation of Europe’s cultural heritage was delivered today to Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, and Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner responsible for Education and Culture. Among its top recommendations are that Europeana should become the central reference point for Europe’s online cultural [...]

Seeking proposals for thought-provoking art/science installations, experiments, events, workshops & performances

Science Gallery in collaboration with The Long Room Hub and the School Of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin, is currently developing a major new flagship exhibition entitled HUMAN+: The Future Of Our Species, with generous support from Wellcome Trust London, to run in Science Gallery from the 15:04:11 – 24:06:11, We are seeking your proposals for [...]

Opvallende resultaten mini-enquête Museummedia!

Hierbij publiceren we de eerste resultaten van onze mini-enquête. Doel is te inventariseren hoe het is gesteld met onze naamsbekendheid, twittergedrag en website en tevens na te gaan of er belangstelling is voor een innovatief tijdschrift. De resultaten zijn de moeite waard en wij bedanken alle enthousiaste deelnemers aan onze enquête voor de genomen moeite! [...]

Nice: Text-based video navigation on the MIT

An innovative interface that allows viewers to skip through video by clicking on the associated transcript is a highlight of the MIT150 site. MIT kicks off the celebration of its 150th anniversary, and one of the features making its debut on the MIT150 website is a collection of more than 100 video interviews with MIT [...]

LED lighting in museums and galleries

In the discussions on the Linkedin MuseumLink group I found this very interesting comment on LED display Lighting by Larry Fisher, Experienced Museum Planner, Designer. Larry Fisher : I’ve had mixed results with LED lighting. On the one hand the longevity and the low power consumption are a big benefit. One of the key things [...]