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Action on sustainability must speak louder than words if museums and attractions are to play their part in a greener future
There are few (if any) cultural organisations in the world today that would argue with the need to make sustainability a top priority for the...
Ask a Curator day returns on September 15th 2021
Ask a Curator Day started in 2010 in an effort to harness Twitter’s networking power to drum up some direct engagement with curators across the...
How Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Arts Africa pivoted during the global pandemic
Three months into a new digital role. Faced with a global pandemic. Responsible for shaping the direction of a museum’s communication with the outside world...
Museums and galleries cannot afford to ignore cybersecurity if they want to consolidate the success of their digital pivot
Museums and galleries have become more dependent on digital technologies during the Coronavirus pandemic. But as Ian Armstrong, Senior Information Security Consultant at Security Risk...
Why should museums invest in digital condition reporting?
A chunky lever arch file tucked in a packing crate, annotated sketches, and handwritten commentary are all pretty common examples of condition reports and the...
Virtual Reality is a big trend in museums, but what are the best examples of museums using VR?
Could 2021 be the year that Virtual Reality goes mainstream? That’s what many people are predicting following the launch of the Oculus Quest 2 VR...
How has the pandemic shaped how we speak to our audiences?
“How are you? I mean that, because you actually mean that at the minute. When we’re asking (I don’t know if you remember) when we’re...
How Museums are using Augmented Reality
Augmented reality is the process of using technology to superimpose images, text or sounds on top of what a person can already see. It uses...
How Museums Are Using Minecraft to Gamify Learning Experiences
If a museum is about anything, then it is about providing an engaging learning experience. Of course, in a traditional sense, learning is also about...
3D Scans of Museum Collection Help Understanding of Insect Evolution
The Natural History Museum in London has teamed up with the UK’s premier particle accelerator to produce very high resolution three-dimensional scans of the insects...
Tiqets develops “strong” summer recovery guide to support cultural venues and tourist attractions through a critical period
The stakes have never been higher for cultural institutions around the world. After an 18-month rollercoaster that has pushed many organisations to the brink of...
Anything you can do in a museum, VR can do better . . . discuss
Is Virtual Reality making the physical museum space obsolete? In an article from 2016, CEO of Six to Start, Adrian Hon, penned an article for...
National Museums Liverpool Reveals New Branding
National Museums Liverpool has unveiled its new brand as it opens up its galleries and museums once more following enforced closures as a result of...
Museums and the art of environmental sustainability
It’s no longer enough for museums to simply serve as monuments to preservation — they must now focus on conservation, as well. As climate change...
How digital documents could provide the additional revenue stream your museum has been missing
While social media engagement campaigns and experimentation in XR may have grabbed headlines during the last 18 months, is the relatively straightforward process of asset...
Is VR-on-demand a viable option for museums diving into the paid content space?
Subscription services are hardly a new idea, nor are they entirely new to the museum sector. But in a post-Covid climate, a growing number of...
São Paulo Museum of Modern Art Opens on Minecraft
The Museum of Modern Art in the Brazilian city of São Paulo has created a virtual version of itself which can be explored online. The...
codemantra: helping museums raise their accessibility game through intelligent document processing
As the demand for accessibility grows and museums look to harness the full potential of their online channels, intelligent document processing specialist, codemantra is helping...
In conversation with: Will Cary, Chief of Business Strategy and Analytics, Barnes Foundation
As the man who oversees all earned revenue functions at the Barnes Foundation, Will Cary is perhaps better placed than most to speak on the...
How are museums using artificial intelligence, and is AI the future of museums?
Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is a powerful tool being used all around us — but it’s not exactly new. Although it was first fully developed...
The people behind museums: Alejandro López, MuseumMate CEO and Co-Founder
Ever since his first experience of a museum audio guide back in 1990, Alejandro Lopez has been fascinated by the potential of audiovisual content delivery....
Lockdown learning – the digital education resources that raised the game
Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Bernadine Evaristo, and Jarvis Cocker are among the 160,000 signatories of the Public Campaign for the Arts petition in opposition to funding cuts...
