Introduction to the Royal Pavilion and Museums' Map the Museum crowdsourcing experiment, in collaboration with digital agency Caper. Delivered in side session at the Open Data Cities conference, Brighton, 20 April 2012.

1. Map the Museum:
First steps in open data
mapthemuseum.org.uk

2. Kevin Bacon
Digital Development Officer
• Large regional museum service
• 5 sites: 2 historic houses, 3 museums
• Widely varied collections

3. Why are we interested in open
data?
1. Business opportunities
2. Engagement with our
collections

4. mapthemuseum.org.uk

5. mapthemuseum.org.uk

6. Photographs

7. Paintings

8. Ephemera

9. 3D Local History

10. Archaeology

14. What we've discovered..
• 374 unique visitors to date; steady flow of visits
• Positive response, especially from museum
technologists
• Almost 70% of users are outside of Brighton &
Hove
• About 100 objects pinned
• Accuracy surprisingly good
• Users will pin records even without an image

15. Challenges
1. Interpretation vs raw data
2. Legal and ethical filtration
3. Digital images – protected assets or open
data?
4. Will these open data sets be used?

16. Kevin Bacon
kevin.bacon@brighton-hove.gov.uk
@fauxtoegrafik
mapthemuseum.org.uk
@mapthemuseum
Blog: http://bit.ly/J5UnL7
wearecaper.com
@wearecaper