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City of Memory: a story map of new york. a) Stories curated by City Lore b) Stories uploaded by Users

German Traces NYC is mobile, augmented reality experience designed to let learners explore German cultural heritage in New York City. The application makes use of archival documents, photographs, and multimedia narratives to bring to life to this significant thread of New York City and United States history.

Explore the City of Neighborhoods through maps, stories, photographs, and documents, and share the story of your PhilaPlace.

The Museum of London has released a new augmented reality iPhone app that allows tourists and residents alike to browse historical photographs in different parts of the city. Best part is… it's free.

The Museum of London has released a new augmented reality iPhone app that allows tourists and residents alike to browse historical photographs in different parts of the city. Best part is… it's free.

This new book brings together papers given at a recent major conference jointly organised by the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University (the world's first academic unit to focus solely on social aspects of mobile communication) and Liberty Science Center (the New Jersey-New York City region's largest education resource).

Museum aan de stroom - a brand-new city museum covering the art, shipping and folklore of Antwerp, Belgium - is offering web visitors real, real-time guides. Through June 7, visitors to the museum's website can interact with, and direct, flesh-and-blood guides through their Discover the MAS Live program and website.

This project presents a collective portrait of workers who keep New York City running. Their stories unfold in a series of multimedia profiles produced by students at the Columbia Journalism School.

London Wall is a physical manifestation of the invisible city all around us; a poetic snapshot of social networking traffic from within a three-mile radius of the Museum of London.

"This year's Communicating the Museum conference is being held in the elegant, creative and historic German city of Düsseldorf. Our theme this year is the Visitor Experience and the vital role it plays in building and retaining audiences. Leading international speakers and practitioners will present important and ground-breaking thoughts and ideas on: * creating the very best experience for all visitors * cutting edge visitor research from around the world * generating income from visitors * the dynamic and creative relationship between marketing and the visitor experience - the unified tone of voice and customer service * brand and the visitor experience * interpretation and learning * the future of the visitor experience - on-line and beyond"

Recently I've been thinking of more and more ways that museums and libraries can expose their collections via other methods besides typing a search term into a search box - yawn… Like most Australians I've been playing around with the street view data Google have added in for Australia cities and it got me thinking, how could this be used by museums and libraries.

7scenes gives you all the tools for your mobile city experiences, which we call scenes. Scenes let you explore places with your mobile, interact with other players and upload media on-the-go

hart your own course at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City with AMNH Explorer-a new app that is part custom navigation system, part personal tour guide for the Museum's world-famous halls. Providing turn-by-turn directions, AMNH Explorer takes visitors from the edge of the universe to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a variety of Museum-designed tours or create your own from a list of popular exhibits, specimens, or artifacts.

Das wär vielleicht interessant für Nathalie Unternährer, und das Museum Nidwalden? "This award-winning website is a living history of Brighton and Hove. Through the site, people share their memories, photos, knowledge and opinions about the city - as it is today and as it was in the past. There are over 10,000 pages to explore and it's very easy to add your own. Enjoy!"

hi Bettina, solange wir noch nicht wissen, wie wir Links verwalten, wäre es vielleicht geschickt, dass in die Gruppe zu posten, genauso wie die Frau Kamke das gemacht hat. Gruss, Axel

Es handelt sich um das komplett virtuelle Stadtmuseum von Turin. Angezeigt wird eine Karte, auf der viele rote Punkte verzeichnet sind. Jeder Punkt ist ein Eintrag auf der Karte. Und das partizipative daran: Jeder kann einen neuen Punkt setzen oder bestehende Informationen zu Orten, Gebäuden oder Denkmälern kommentieren.

Last week, Jim Richardson and I hosted MuseumNext, a 24-hour workshop for museum professionals focused on bringing new, wild museum projects into the world. It was held in Newcastle in the north of England, and about 70 folks from around the world (but mostly Europe) came to play, learn, make stuff, and help each other work out challenges inherent in trying to make risky ideas happen. Thank you to everyone who came and helped co-create an exciting experimental event in a beautiful city.