Slide from: seminar / workshop atTrinity College Dublin, Ireland BA | Two Subject Moderatorship History of Art (TSM) 2014/2015 HA1011: Introduction to the History of European Art and Architecture 2 Museum websites

1. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
museum websites
Karolina Badzmierowska

2. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
Museum website is . . .
Why do museums have websites?
What is a role of a museum’s website?
What can a museum website offer beyond
being just an information about the museum,
collections, objects?

3. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
Museum website has…
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4. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
Museum website has…
 visitor information
 collections
 exhibition
 object database
 education
 library
 research
 social media
 other

5. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
What makes a good museum website?

6. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
What makes a good museum website?

7. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
What makes a good museum website?
CONTENT
AESTHETICS
INTERFACE

8. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
CONTENT
What information is provided?

9. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
AESTHETICS
How the information, both textual
and visual, is presented?
How the website reflects the museum’s
identity?

10. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
INTERFACE
How the information is delivered?
Is the website easy to navigate
and search for / find the information?
What interactive options are provided?

11. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
EXAMPLES
Tate
Rijksmuseum
Met Museum
National Museum of Ireland
Hugh Lane
Waterford Treasures

12. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
EXERCISE
Choose one object from the NMI collection (Treasury)
and create a mockup of a web page for it.
Consider following features and aspects:
• aesthetics
• content (text & images)
• interface
• interactive features

13. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
Mockinbird
Free and basic software to create a mockup / wireframe of a
web site.
https://gomockingbird.com/
Prezi
Free presentation software
https://prezi.com
Piktochart
Free and easy to use infographic creator, works well for
posters, brochures or website mockups
http://piktochart.com/

14. Department of History of Art and Architecture
School of Histories and Humanities
badzmiek@tcd.ie
http://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/
Department of History of Art and Architecture,
Trinity College Dublin
@TCDArtHist
Karolina Badzmierowska