New Media: Sukiennice Museum shows Stories Behind the Paintings

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

Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy

Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy. This Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy was created through a fast and transparent process that directly involved, and continues to involve, hundreds of stakeholders inside and outside the Institution. This strategy will feed into the Smithsonian’s comprehensive strategic plan, currently under development. You can download a pdf here: [...]

Globalized Museum Conference, New Media Session

These are running notes from the 12/3/09 “New Media” workshop at the Globalized Museum: Challenges for the 21st Century conference organized by the Smithsonian Institution and the House of Sweden. We're putting raw workshop notes here as a convenience for participants (and others!). Next step is to summarize these discussions in a plenary session to [...]

War Story – Imperial War Museum works with troops to record and share their frontline experiences

Servicemen and women are being encouraged to share their frontline experiences as part of War Story, a new initiative launched by the Imperial War Museum. War Story will allow active service personnel to record their personal stories as part of the Museum’s national collection relating to contemporary conflicts. Using innovative collecting techniques, across a range of digital [...]

Architectuurinstituut bouwt augmented reality

Het Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAi) gaat in samenwerking met Layar en IN10 een Augmented Reality (AR) applicatie voor mobiele telefoons ontwikkelen. Doel van de applicatie is dat bezoekers hun mobiel op een gebouw kunnen richten, waarna ze allerlei informatie te zien krijgen, waaronder 3D modellen en maquettes. Niet alleen informatie over bestaande architectuur zal zo zichtbaar [...]

New Museum Lab van Nationaal Historisch Museum

Woensdag 28 oktober organiseerde het Nationaal Historisch Museum voor de eerste keer een conferentie over nieuwe media en technologie, samen met de technische universiteiten van Delft, Eindhoven en Twente en Mediamatic Lab, gesteund door ING. Algemeen directeur Erik Schilp maakte bekend dat het Nationaal Historisch Museum start met het New Museum Lab, een initiatief dat ten [...]

Involving Users in the Co-Construction of Digital Knowledge in Libraries, Archives and Museums

Many libraries, archives, and museums provide their users with social computing environments that include the ability to tag collections, annotate objects, and otherwise contribute their thoughts to the knowledge base of the institution. Information professionals and users have responded to the transition to a web 2.0 world of user-created content by developing open source tools [...]

A must read: Assignment 1: NGA, MoMA and Melbourne Museum

Perfect article! In an age of unprecedented digital technology, not only is it ‘to the minute’ news being sought on the web, but a large section of the global community shops, corresponds, researches and entertains themselves online. Read here: Assignment 1: NGA, MoMA and Melbourne Museum.

What should a museum iPhone app look like?

“We have seen the future of the museum, and it involves. . . lots of people on their phones. All across the land, museums are trying to figure out how to take advantage of new internet-enabled “smart phones” in their programming.” “Based on the responses, museums would do well to provide at least three services [...]

Jeff Gates: Confessions of a Long Tail Visionary

Jeff Gates: Confessions of a Long Tail Visionary. Jeff Gates is Lead Producer, New Media Initiatives, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and managing editor of its blog: Eye Level Read more: Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Guest Post by Jeff Gates: Confessions of a Long Tail Visionary.