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Writings on Museum Education/Interactive
Multimedia
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Virtual Gallery
A review, first published (as "Museums without walls")
in internet.au magazine. How one museum is adding value to
its online collection database.
Websites
and Marketing: A marriage made in heaven?
Nine times out of ten, it seems, when a medium-to-large organisation
decides to create its first web site (or to formalise arrangements
for an existing, ad hoc, site) the site is made the responsibility
of the marketing department. But is this really the ideal match?
This article argues the case that, while web site can be used as
part of marketing strategies, they are not primarily marketing tools.
A comparison
of Interactive Multimedia and Face-to-face Education in Museums
Beyond the provision of (extended) labels and didactic panels, on-site
educational services to museum visitors is traditionally delivered
face-to-face. This paper compares the effectiveness of interactive
multimedia with various forms of face-to-face museum education,
in terms of social interaction, physicality, directness, open-endedness
and cost. Some suggestions are made for interactive multimedia,
as a result of these comparisons.
Engaging
the [Museum] Visitor:
Relevance, Participation and Motivation in Hypermedia Design
It is commonly believed that the kind of multimedia experience best
suited to a novice museum visitor is a structured, linear presentation
in the form of a broad overview, whereas an experienced or scholarly
visitor is best served by a non-linear system that allows exploration
of deeper, more specific issues and topics. However this pairing
of experience level and type of presentation is based on three flawed
assumptions. This paper counters these assumptions and argues that
the most important outcome for a museum to achieve is a personal
engagement between an exhibit and visitor. This principle, as exemplified
in live interaction, can also be applied to computer-based interactives.
Examples are given of how this can be achieved in practice.
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