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In conversation with: Josh Dyer, Director of Marketing, Myseum of Toronto
“We had a strategy to capture, repackage and present digital content in dynamic ways . . . Covid forced us to execute that strategy much...
Roundtable with Dave Patten, The Science Museum
From social distancing to flexible interfaces, chemical screen cleaning to robot tours. In a recent virtual meet-up, Dave Patten took Jim Richardson and the MuseumNext...
In conversation with: Hilary Knight, Director of Digital, Tate
“We had to take the temperature of the public: find out where they were in their mindset and what they needed from us.” Ahead...
Instagram Tips for Arts Organisations
Launched in 2010, Instagram rapidly became the go-to photo-sharing social media site in the West. Originally developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, two Americans...
Natural History Museum reaches Chinese audiences with Fliggy
One of London’s most famous museums has been reaching Chinese audiences with local live streaming services in its pursuit of virtual visitors in China. The...
How Are Museums Harnessing Immersive Technology to Provide Experiences?
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many museums to close their doors for much of the past year. Causing cultural institutions to look to digital technology...
In conversation with: Chris Cloud, Director of Communications and Marketing, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
“This crisis has really forced museums to evaluate all aspects of their brand and marketing. From their values to their audiences to their channels ....
How Can the Arts Benefit From Twitch?
Twitch is a live video streaming service that was first launched back in June 2011. Since then, the platform has become a huge hit with...
Museum 4.0 – adding unique interactive augmented reality experiences has never been so easy
INDOAR is a hardware-free, augmented reality based indoor navigation system that is able to create an amazing, easily manageable, AR experience for your visitors. It’s...
The interaction between art and a global pandemic
For close to a year now, daily life has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of the virus’s spread has been...
GeoMuseUM geolocative web app and sculpture guide
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how cultural institutions interact—not just with their communities but with the spaces they inhabit. Suddenly, the capacity for digital innovation...
Why 2021 will be momentous for social justice in museums
If 2020 was a year that put social justice issues in the spotlight, 2021 will be a year for some landmark changes to remedy these...
Has Covid-19 changed what we value and how we measure it in the museum sector?
For decades museums have judged visitor numbers to be the primary metric to define success in any given year. More footfall means opportunities to expand...
How the Van Gogh Museum found digital success in 2020
As a fine example of a museum that was ahead of the digital curve when Covid-19 hit Europe, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam was...
Never Before Seen Images Available at the Science Museum
The Science Museum Group announced in January that it would make available a vast array of images it has in its collection that have never...
The people behind museums: Ciprian Melian, Livdeo
As the co-founder and CEO of Livdeo, Ciprian Melian heads up a business leading the way in inclusive digital solutions for museums and cultural institutions....
The Met Launches Interactive Virtual Art Experience
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City announced in January that it had teamed up with Verizon to launched an immersive virtual art...
Covid-19: What the “New Normal” Means for Museums
It is one of those key phrases that seems to have seeped into the public consciousness over the past 12 months. The “new normal” is...
In conversation with: Lindsay Genshaft from Denver Art Museum
Reimagining the hands-on museum experience in the midst of a pandemic was never likely to be easy. But as Lindsay Genshaft the Manager of Family...
Digital Ideas for Museums in a Post-Pandemic World
Cultural hubs around the world were forced to close their doors in 2020. The spread of COVID-19 hit the museum sector dramatically; that’s not news...
The Acropolis Museum Goes Digital
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, all of Greece’s museums and art galleries have been forced to close their doors. A nationwide lockdown is...
London Transport Museum Offers Virtual Tours
Visitors can now see a secret side of London when they book a virtual tour of a disused Tube station through Hidden London a new...
