Social media, internet, technology and museums
The New York Times has published no less than eight articles at once on the topic of social media, internet, technology and museums. Note the article about the Arduino!
Speaking digitally about exhibits
Museums around the world now use social media for marketing and development efforts, and to strengthen relationships with visitors.
The spirit of sharing
Social media technology has created new opportunities for museums to create interactivity inside and outside of their walls. […] While museums have long strived to be welcoming places as well as havens of learning, social media is turning them into virtual community centers.
Four to follow
Several of the people who help lead some of the most innovative museum Web sites found their path serendipitously.
Stopping to gaze and to zoom
The Google Art Project lets users virtually visit museums, and 17 works are on display in super-high resolution for zooming and marveling.
Smithsonian uses social media to expand Its mission
The museums increasingly use the public to help research and add personal touches to history.
An interactive exhibit for about $30
A tiny programmable computer, the Arduino, has brought the price of interactivity down sharply in the last few years for museums and galleries.
Multimedia tour guides on your smartphone
Museums are increasingly using smartphone apps to enhance the experiences of visitors.
Social media as inspiration and canvas
Mining Vimeo, YouTube and Flickr, artists and museums use social sites to provide a direct link to their audiences.
It’s great to have these articles from the NYT available for easy reading — but they’re among the last. Shortly, the NYT will publish all of its online content behind “pay walls” that require passwords to enter. The NYT will begin offering these passwords only to those who pay for them. I fear the end of the NYT with this Pyrrhic solution to revenue generation. Going the public media route, asking for contributions, would have been more productive and suggest less of an attitude problem. So be it. We all make choices….