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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 list comprises exhibits, art works, animals, mascots & historical or cultural characters that tweet about the museums or other organisations they 'live' in. Please note that not all of these Twitter accounts are necessarily officially run by the relevant organisations - the names of the organisations have merely been given to place the tweeting exhibits in context!

The following strategy worksheets and guidelines were developed by Enterprise Technology and Local History Services at the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) as templates for use by other history organizations. The guidelines were created both from experiences here at MHS and by glomming good ideas from the guidelines of others around the web.

The following strategy worksheets and guidelines were developed by Enterprise Technology and Local History Services at the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) as templates for use by other history organizations. The guidelines were created both from experiences here at MHS and by glomming good ideas from the guidelines of others around the web.

"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"

"Art.sy is a new way to discover art you'll love, featuring work from leading galleries, museums, and private collections around the world. Art.sy is powered by The Art Genome Project, an ongoing study of the characteristics that distinguish and connect works of art. Art.sy evaluates artworks along 200+ characteristics-such as art-historical movements, subject matter, and formal qualities-to create a powerful search experience that reflects the multifaceted aspects of works of art.

Find historical photos and maps by date, neighborhood, address, and/or keyword in a collection of over 90,000 records

Pin your history to the world - crowdsourcing project: people upload their historical images and stories to a map

""Decode" at the V&A: Digital Reflections and Refractions " The exhibition has been arranged under three closely intertwined themes: Code, Interactivity and Network. A large installation in the Grand Entrance of London's Victoria and Albert Museum clatters away, registering its presence in this historic hallway. Jointly commissioned (by the V & A and SAP), bit.code (2009), by Julius Popp, consists of a large panel of black and white blocks which appear to represent a curious, indecipherable code as they rotate around their frame.

Digital New Zealand is an initiative... "This interactive online video mashup uses EditorOne to let visitors create their own short videos using historic video images, still photographs, artifacts, music and audio clips."

Cultural Heritage and the Semantic Web British Museum & UCL Study Day - Jan 13th The World Wide Web is an essential part of the Museum's toolkit for publishing information, engaging visitors and communicating across the globe. However, museum web sites and information systems are still largely silos that make it difficult for us to realize the benefits of bringing data together. The growing momentum of the Semantic Web movement means a greater investment in the technology and tools needed to convert its potential into practical opportunities that museums can utilise. Und: "A museum object is more like an illustration, or witness of the past, than information in its own right. Cultural historical research means understanding 'possible pasts', the facts, events, material, social and psychological influences and motivations. It lives from understanding contexts, by pulling together bits and pieces of related facts from disparate resources, which can typically not be classified under subjects in an obvious way. It lives from taking into account all known facts." 

The Pitt Rivers Museum's 'Tibet Album' site, which brings together 6,000 historic photographs from Tibet, was partially intended as a resource for Tibetans (how do you reach a diaspora population? the Web!) and certainly does function that way--we've had lots of feedback.

"ECHO (Education Through Cultural and Historical Organizations), a partnership of six widely dispersed cultural institutions, fosters that learning. Individual missions vary, but the ECHO partners all seek to enhance appreciation of regional heritage;"

Hinweis aus der Forumsksdiskussion Museum 3.0: http://museum30.ning.com/forum/topics/projects-linking-source I'm working on several projects linking the historic collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum with Indigenous source communities in Canada. Ironically,, I'm finding that the Indigenous groups are way more savvy about social media than this academic...So, we are posting images of objects on Flickr for people to think about before they come to Oxford to see them, have started a Facebook (invited) group for participants, and are thinking about other ways to use new media to create new relationships between museums and overseas source communities.