This document discusses how museums are adapting to rapid digital change. It outlines how the Science Museum Group is transforming audiences experiences through digital strategies like enhancing digitization of collections, hosting hackathons for developers, creating virtual reality experiences, and remixing collections. The Digital Lab at the Science Museum Group focuses on being agile, testing with audiences, and working in partnerships to provide exciting new ways for museums to fulfill their missions in a digital age.

1. MUSEUMS IN AN AGE OF
RAPID DIGITAL CHANGE
THE SCIENCE MUSEUM
GROUP DIGITAL LAB
John Stack, Digital Director
Museum Connections, Paris
17 January 2018
https://www.slideshare.net/stacker2

2. 1. User experiences
2. Organisational culture
3. Collections and digitisation
4. Narratives and storytelling
5. Infrastructure and technology
https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/policies-and-reports/digital-strategy/
SCIENCE MUSEUM DIGITAL STRATEGY

5. 1. Transforming audience behaviour
2. Evolving rapidly and always a work in progress
3. Providing exciting new ways to for museums to fulfil their missions
BUT DIGITAL IS …

6. 1. Be agile and rapid
2. Have a short lifetime
3. Test with audiences
4. Be open and share research
5. Work in partnership
https://lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk
DIGITAL LAB

7. https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/mathematics

8. 1. ENHANCED DIGITISATION

21. https://sketchfab.com/models/c8ee76c383654e3095ea4cc9e7990274

28. https://beta.sciencemuseum.org.uk/stories/2016/11/4/modelling-the-oceans

30. https://beta.sciencemuseum.org.uk/learning

33. 2. HACKATHON

34. https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk

35. https://group.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about-us/collection/using-our-collection-api/

36. http://www.whatcamefirst.science

37. https://naturalhistorymuseum.github.io/smhackdown/

38. https://naturalhistorymuseum.github.io/smhackdown/https://science-museum-adventurers.herokuapp.com/image

39. https://markdurrant.github.io/SciMu9000/

40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSM6sLOsp-s

41. https://labs.redweb.com/project/hatching-the-museum-egg/

46. 3.VR EXPERIENCE

47. https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/mathematics

56. https://lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk/museums-want-immersive-interactive-experiences-for-their-patrons-f6581c7c34fe

57. 4. COLLECTION REMIX
https://lab.sciencemuseum.org.uk/remix-the-science-museum-group-collection-smgremix-33684aa9212f

58. 1. Work outside of the museum’s usual project structures
2. Seek creative partners, give them freedom and support them
3. Encourage experimentation with both old and new technologies
4. Put in time and energy to the process
5. Test and evaluate with real audiences
6. Have dedicated budget (Thank you, Samsung!)
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DIGITAL LAB: WHAT WE LEARNT