This document discusses strategies for integrating physical and digital spaces in museums. It begins by providing historical examples of how museums have incorporated digital technologies, such as the Studiolo of Francesco I and the Musaeum of Alexandria. It then examines modern museums that have blended physical and online collections, like the EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art. The document outlines the different spaces in a museum from the visitor and institution's perspectives, separating physical exhibition spaces from invisible digital spaces like data centers and digitization labs. It advocates for a convergence of physical and digital applications, collections, and experiences to create a unified "Museum Information Model."

1. Museum Spaces
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Physical
Digital

3. The Museum Disappears
Studiolo of Francesco I

4. Musaeum of Alexandria

5. Modern Museet Malmö

6. EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art

7. Google Data Centre
Image Source: Anicet Ambida 2015

8. Image Source: CultLab 2015

9. Carnegie Mansion
The Carbon Footprint exceeded 1316 cars/ year or 6.25
Metric Tons (US EPA, 2015). In 2nd Quarter of 2014,
the building consumed on average 650 mmbtu or 47
kWH/sqft far above the CBECS Benchmarks (US
Energy Information Administration, 2015).
Image Source: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects 2014

10. Image Source: Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

11. Crozier Arts Storage
Cooper Hewitt’s Digitization and Storage facility;
160 529 objects are overseen by 6 curatorial
departments; 1000 kWH per month.
Source: Google Maps 2015

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pre-visit visit post-visit
PhysicalDigital Digital
(digital)
VISITOR POV (linear)

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Physical
Exhibition
Storage &
Conservation
Data Center
Lab / Admin
Digital
Collections
Homepage
Social Networks
Internal Applications
MUSEUM POV
(hierarchical, interwoven & linear)

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Documentation
Storage
Digitization Collections Database
Cloud Collections API
Preservation
curator / registrar lab
lab
Online
Digital Publishing
processing
Digital Asset Management
Exhibition
INVISIBLE SPACES
VISIBLE SPACES

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Convergence
Media Exhibits
Digital Applications
Museum Information Model

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19. Image Source: Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

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24. M. Fisher and J. Moses, Rousing the Mobile Herd: Apps that
Encourage Real Space Engagement. In Museums and the Web 2013,
N. Proctor & R. Cherry (eds). Silver Spring, MD: Museums and the
Web. Published January 31, 2013.
http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/rousing-
the-mobile-herd-apps-that-encourage-real-space-
engagement/

25. TASK (16.30 - 17.15)
1
Design a spatial framework for your project. How does
the physical space relate to your project? Or does it?
2
Present your sketch - Explain the physical-digital
synchronization in your interface.