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MuseumNext Announces London Museum Conference 2019
We are pleased to announce that our 2019 European Museum Conference will take place in London on 3 – 5 June. Once again industry leaders...
MuseumNext launches North American Museum Conference
MuseumNext is to launch a North American Museum Conference to compliment the Annual event which has taken place in Europe since 2009. The conference will...
Film: What is Soft Power and what does it mean for Museums
Gail Dexter Lord, Co-President of Lord Cultural Resources spoke at MuseumNext Geneva in April 2015 about Soft Power and what this concept means for the 21st century...
Film: A Framework for Digital Storytelling in Museums
Samir Patel, VP, Creative Delivery, Blue State Digital spoke at MuseumNext Geneva in April 2015 about telling epic stories of our day in museums. How...
Film: Emotionalizing the Museum
The 21st Century Museum faces a daunting challenge. Today, people can access all the infomation that they need at the touch of a button, so said...
Film: Transformation of the Olympic Museum
In this presentation Frédérique Jamolli, Head of International Cultural Development for the International Olympic Museum shared her mission to reposition the Olympic Museum as a multisite,...
Film: How to build an open Museum website
Rob Gethen Smith, Lucie Paterson and Paul Vulpiani joined us at MuseumNext Geneva in April 2015 to share the story of their new website, which...
How arts organisations can get more out of e-marketing
Email marketing in some form is already prolific in arts organisations, because it is low cost, targeted and easy to track. With funding cuts looming...
Reaching out to younger museum audiences
Concerned, as they are, with history and permanence, museums are not generally in the business of shaking things up. The idea of new blood –...
Creating a buzz marketing The British Museum
The British Museum is UK’s most popular visitor attraction with over six million visitors last year, the museum has a collection which spans the world...
Why most museum websites are terrible (at achieving mission)
What is the main aim of a museum website? Browsing the internet, you quickly conclude that this is to promote the institution to potential visitors....
Understanding Compelling Museum Collections
Which of our collections best lends themselves to impulse sharing online? Which of our collections are people most willing to talk about online? These two...
QR codes and museums
The Internet of Things is a compelling idea, with its promise of a seamless link between objects in the physical world and associated media in...
Rethinking Museums for the Digital Age
The following presentation was made at the Gulf Arts and Cultural Leaders Summit in Qatar in November 2011 by MuseumNext Founder Jim Richardson. Today I want to talk...
Participants not audiences
The audience is central to much of what a museum does, and visitor surveys and audience segmentation have over the past decade improved our understanding...
Film: Audience Research in the Museum Without Walls
Lynda Kelly is Head of Web and Audience Research at the Australian Museum, Sydney. She has published widely in audience research and writes the popular...
Film: Digital Marketing for Museums
Jim Richardson is Managing Director of Sumo, a leading arts marketing agency with an international reputation, and the founder of MuseumNext. Jim spoke at the MuseumNext 2011...
Film: Digital Fundraising for Museums
In his own words, Steve Bridger helps some of the UK’s biggest charities to unlearn stuff and trust more of their own people to build...
Film: Research into games within the context of museums.
Mia Ridge is a cultural heritage technologist, and has worked internationally as an analyst, consultant and programmer. Mia spoke at the 2011 MuseumNext conference in Edinburgh about...
Film: Bringing young people into museums
Geer Oskam is a project manager for Stichting Museumnacht Amsterdam (n8). Founded by the collective of the Amsterdam museums, n8 thinks about ways to engage...
Film: YouTube Play Biennial at the Guggenheim Museum
Nora Semel, Associate Director of External Affairs and Francesca Merlino, Marketing Manager of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum joined us for MuseumNext Edinburgh in 2011 to talk...
Film: Driving Participation and Donations in Museums
Rich Mintz is the Vice-President of Strategy at Blue State Digital, an innovative American company focusing on online fundraising, advocacy, social networking, and constituency development...