The document discusses digital strategies for museums and cultural heritage institutions. It provides examples of mission statements from various art museums and describes key elements of the museum system including collections management, the life cycle of an artifact, and curating in the digital age. It also explores options for collections management systems, using social networks to extend collections, and developing a digital collections strategy.

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Digital Strategies for
MUSEUMS & Cultural Heritage
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Art Museums
Mission Statements
http://www.santacruzmah.org/about/
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
https://www.moma.org/about/index
MOMA
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/mission-statement
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
http://www.guggenheim.org/guggenheim-foundation/mission-statement
Guggenheim
http://www.tate.org.uk/about/our-work/our-priorities
Tate

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Art Museums
Mission Statements
http://amosanderson.fi/en/museum/
Amos Anderson
http://www.hamhelsinki.fi/en/ham-info/what-is-ham/
HAM
http://www.kiasma.fi/en/kiasma/
Kiasma
http://www.ateneum.fi/en/collections
Ateneum
http://www.guggenheimhki.fi/en/what-exactly-is-a-guggenheim/
Guggenheim Helsinki

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fuels creativity….ignites minds…provides inspiration
open ended series of arguments & counter-arguments
dialogue between established & experimental
connect people to creativity, knowledge & ideas
public understanding & enjoyment
new interpretations of contemporary art
explore ideas across cultures
ignite shared experiences & unexpected connections
active participation & fearless experimentation

5. Digital Strategies for MUSEUMS & Cultural HeritageDOM E-5064
fuels creativity….ignites minds…provides inspiration
open ended series of arguments & counter-arguments
dialogue between established & experimental
connect people to creativity, knowledge & ideas
public understanding & enjoyment
new interpretations of contemporary art
explore ideas across cultures
ignite shared experiences & unexpected connections
active participation & fearless experimentation

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Museum System
Look up definition on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum
Look up ICOM definition: http://icom.museum/the-vision/museum-definition/
Museum is a non-profit, permanent institution in the
service of society and its development, open to the
public, which acquires, conserves, researches,
communicates and exhibits the tangible and
intangible heritage of humanity and its environment
for the purposes of education, study and
enjoyment.

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Museum System
Collections
Curating Management
Exhibition Web Interfaces
VISIBLE SYSTEMS
INVISIBLE PROCESSES
Archiving

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Life of an Artifact in the Museum System
Acquisition
Documentation
Storage
Digitization Collections Database
Cloud Collections API
Preservation
curator / registrar lab
lab
Online
Digital Publishing
processing
Digital Asset Management
(DAM)
Exhibition

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Life of an Artifact in the Museum System
Acquisition
Documentation
Storage
Digitization Collections Database
Cloud Collections API
Preservation
curator / registrar lab
lab
Online
Digital Publishing
processing
Digital Asset Management
(DAM)
Exhibition
pre-visit
visit
post-visit
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VISIBLE SYSTEMS
INVISIBLE PROCESSES
?

11. What is Curating?
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…the development of critical meaning in partnership and
discussion with artists and publics.
Barnaby Drabble (2003)

12. What is Archiving?
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13. What to Curate in the Digital Age?
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Interactivity Connectivity Computability
Steve Dietz (1999, 2000b)

14. Physical Collecting
Born-Digital Collecting
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15. A Framework for Curation?
Thematic Participatory
Digital Only Physical Only Composite
Deployment
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16. Digitize
Add Metadata
Save + Upload
Scan / Photograph
Hi-Resolution
Look at File Formats
Author / Origin
Media / Dimensions
Description
Provenance
Acquisition
Tags
Exhibition
Hard Drive
Collection Management Software (in-house)
Web Collections (Directly)
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17. Check Rights / Licenses
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Collections Management

19. X Y
COLLECTIONS WEB
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20. X Y
IN-HOUSE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC INTERFACE
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21. X Y
IN-HOUSE PUBLIC
X+Y
IN-HOUSE + CROWDSOURCED
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22. X Y
SOCIAL NETWORK
X+Y
COMBINED
PROPRIETARY
OPEN SOURCE
WEB-BASED CMS
OPEN & CLOSED
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X Y
TMS DRUPAL / WORDPRESS
http://www.gallerysystems.com/tms https://collections.cooperhewitt.org
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
wordpress.orgdrupal.org
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24. X Y
COLLECTION SPACE TYPO3
http://www.collectionspace.org http://www.smk.dk/en/explore-the-art/
National Gallery of Denmark
http://typo3.org
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25. X Y
PORTFOLIO SERVER
Finnish National Gallery
http://www.extensis.com/ http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app
http://muusa.fi/wordpress/
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26. Institute of Contemporary Arts
http://www.ica.org.uk/projects/soundworks
X+Y
http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/ica-soundworks-the-cms-less-website/
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27. SF MOMA
X+Y
http://sfmoma.tumblr.com
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28. Light is History
X+Y
http://lightishistory.tumblr.com/archive
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29. Brooklyn Museum
X+YBEYOND
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Brooklyn_Museum
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30. YOUR Museum
X+YBEYOND
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http://www.pinterest.com/lacma/

31. YOUR Museum
X+YBEYOND
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http://instagram.com/newmuseum/

32. What is your Collections Strategy?
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TASK (16.30 - 17.30)
1
Curate 5-10 artifacts
Add Metadata (all the details)
Digitize & Upload (image + text file)
2
Present your Online Collection