Could digital technology help us appreciate centuries-old art?
Gillian Tett dons a headset at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new Versailles exhibition
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Author: evangelia baka
See How This Museum Uses Augmented Reality To See Inside A Mummy
Eight museums across five US cities – Charlotte, Detroit, Miami, Philadelphia and San Jose – have recently added digital and interactive tech staff to their rosters to bring more technology into exhibits and amplify the visitor’s experience through a $970,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Chris Barr, Director of arts at the Knight Foundation says that these eight institutions have shown a commitment to harnessing the power of technology to engage audiences both in and outside museum doors. “Our hope is that the museums, which are based in cities where Knight invests, will continue this trend and...
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How do you conserve time-based media? Museums invest in research to keep up with new technologies
It is a truism that digital technology has changed nearly everything about our society, from how we pay bills to how our brains are wired. Art is no exception, and two exhibitions in the US are taking stock of the shifting aesthetic currents that accompany technological changes.
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Turning Archaeological Data into Something Cool
Sara Gonizzi Barsanti and Lex Slaghuis have focused their Tandem collaboration on the possibilities of open data to share cultural heritage. In this essay, they share lessons learned and outcomes of their own process, where it led them so far and where their project might take them in the future.
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How Technology Is Transforming The Museum Experience
At the Cleveland Museum of Art, art isn’t merely viewed—it’s also experienced. Once inside of the museum, patrons are quickly introduced to an ArtLens Wall, a five feet by 40 feet MicroTile wall—the tallest of its kind—that showcases tiles that represent the museum’s permanent collection.
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