Digital

Museums are typically thought of as destinations to house and display art, artefacts and collections of cultural interest. But in an age of shortened attention...

What does a museum mean to a city? Who feels represented, included or inspired by these civic institutions? These are big questions, with no easy...

A Canadian museum has decided to introduce chatbot technology to help it in light of the global pandemic crisis. The Ontario Regiment RCAC Museum, a...

As a Business Strategy Leader for Libraries and Museums in Microsoft’s Worldwide Education team, Catherine Devine spends much of her time considering how digital transformations...

This article is a shortened version of a webinar that we gave at Ecsite this year. You can rewatch the full length webinar here or right...

This conversation with Chris Michaels was filmed at the National Gallery in August 2020. Jim Richardson: Hello. Today, I am at the National Gallery with...

Thanks to live-streaming, museums are turning the crisis into an opportunity to reach new audience. In February, eight Chinese museums joined a 12-hour live-streaming relay...

Above: Stadel Museum in Frankfurt, one of the European museums that has reopened  A month after the rest of Europe, the first museums in the...

“We are a world class museum and we want a website / app / interactive to match”. Almost every briefing I receive starts with the...

3D printing seems to have taken the world by storm in the last few years. This shows no sign of slowing as the technology continues...

As museums slowly start to reopen following their closure because of the Covid-19 pandemic, some things look very different. Face masks, plexiglass screens, timed entry...

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is one of Italy’s best-known tourist attractions. Certainly, in a city that is packed with museums and art galleries of...

Since the COVID pandemic began earlier this year, museums have been faced with major challenges: the vast majority have closed their doors, events have been...

Over the past two decades, technology has cemented itself as one of the most important aspects of modern society. From where we stand today it’s...

A website offers the chance to bring the essence of a museum to a virtual platform, but what can be done to ensure that nothing...

With holiday and leisure plans on hold for the foreseeable future, it’s little wonder that Google saw a 100% spike in searches for virtual cultural experiences in the month...

There is still much to be realised about the potential of digital arts and the application of digital tools to share cultural content. For some,...

During the lockdown, more and more museums around the world are offering digital tours online: they could be virtual tours, live guided tours or even...

The power of a museum podcast is not to be ignored. With the rise and rise of digital platforms over the past two decades, the...

Like any organisation, museums find themselves navigating the increasingly complex world of digital marketing. And while Google rankings aren’t the only metric they need to...

We’re living through a technological revolution, and this could mean big changes to museum services Technology has transformed the way we interact with the world...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art based in New York City have made their collection available to over 13 million players of Nintendo’s longest running game....

Samsung Electronics today announced its commitment to the world of art and culture by adding 38 new art pieces from the Thyssen Museum in Spain to...

How do museums tell effective stories online? Some use film, podcasts or even a series of tweets, but I think that long-form written content is...