Koger Collection - Web App about Mythic Creatures

For the exhibition Mythic Creatures of China in the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art a Web App with TourSphere was developed.

The exhibition presents 93 objects and "aims to explore the symbolism behind animal motifs popular in Chinese ceramics throughout the ages. The objects included in this exhibition are part of a gift to the Ringling Museum from Ira and Nancy Koger and range from the third century BCE to the 19th century. The expansive chronology of the works points to the enduring nature of animal symbolism so deeply ingrained in Chinese visual culture." [Mythic Creatures]


Screen shots of the Web App, CC M.R. Gruber

Conference - Museum and the Web 2012

Museums and the Web 2012 (MW2012) in San Diego from April 11-14 2012, San Diego, CA, USA.

"Museums and the Web (MW) is an annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, MW reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage – wherever the network may reach. Our community has been meeting since 1997, imagining, tracking, analyzing, and influencing the role museums play on the Web, and having fun doing it. [...] MW features plenary sessions, parallel sessions, un-conference sessions, museum project demonstrations, commercial exhibits, mini-workshops, professional forums, two design 'Crit Rooms', and the Best of the Web awards. Prior to the conference, there are full-day and half-day pre-conference workshops and a day of pre-conference tours. Social events include receptions each evening, and plenty of refreshment breaks provide lots of time to meet and talk with colleagues from around the world." [Museum and the Web]

MW2012 Program (PDF)

Abbildung: MW2012

Sessions - Peer-reviewed papers, interactive mini-workshops, spontaneous unconference.

Speakers - Leaders from around the world report their latest work: Papers online.

Register - Join us in San Diego for four days of communication and exchange.

Best of the Web - Help us celebrate the best work in our field with these annual awards.

Read more: Museums and the Web 2012 (MW2012) | museumsandtheweb.com

Buch: Social Media für Museen

A. Vogelsang, B. Minder und S. Mohr haben für Museen einen Social Media-Guide verfasst. Dieser Leitfaden ist das Ergebnis des Forschungsprojekts Audience+: Museen und das partizipative Web, das sich mit der Nutzung von sozialen Medien im Museumskontext der Schweiz beschäftigt.

Social Media für Museen richtet sich an alle Institutionen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Ziel ist es, einen gut verständlichen Leitfaden zu bieten, welcher die Grundlagen der sozialen Medien beschreibt und erklärt, was es bei deren Nutzung zu beachten gilt.

Google Art Project

On the 1st February 2011 Google launched the Art Project.

What is the Art Project?

The Art Project is "[a] unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail.

• Explore museums with Street View technology: virtually move around the museum’s galleries, selecting works of art that interest you, navigate though interactive floor plans and learn more about the museum and you explore.

• Artwork View: discover featured artworks at high resolution and use the custom viewer to zoom into paintings. Expanding the info panel allows you to read more about an artwork, find more works by that artist and watch related YouTube videos.

• Create your own collection: the ‘Create an Artwork Collection’ feature allows you to save specific views of any of the 1000+ artworks and build your own personalised collection. Comments can be added to each painting and the whole collection can then be shared with friends and family." [Art Project] 

The following museums are included in the project:

• Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin - Germany
• Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian, Washington DC - USA
• The Frick Collection, NYC - USA
• Gemäldegalerie, Berlin - Germany
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC - USA
• MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC - USA
• Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid - Spain
• Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid - Spain
• Museum Kampa, Prague - Czech Republic
• National Gallery, London - UK
• Palace of Versailles - France
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
• The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg - Russia
• State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow - Russia
• Tate Britain, London - UK
• Uffizi Gallery, Florence - Italy
• Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

How does it work?

Select a museum from the homepage. Chose ‘Explore the museum’ or ‘View Artwork’. Once you are in the main site use the drop-down menus or the side info bar to navigate between artworks and museums. Finally create and share your own collections online.

I've tried it - it's incredible!

Art Project - Visitor Guide


If you want to take a look behind the scenes klick HERE.

Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project.
Derivative Image: Google Art Project: 'Street View' for Museums Plus Artworks in High Resolution

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