An Overview of Digital Collections and Exhibitions Platforms
[Updated 10 March for 2022: For a full overview and interactive demos, also see these slides from a digital exhibition workshop I hosted in February 2022.] We are en mal d’archive: in need of archives. Listening to the French idiom, and in it t
Comparing Media Viewers for Digital Collections
Choosing the right type of media viewer functionality is vital for your digital exhibition: too little features and you won’t be able to showcase the media in your digital exhibition in a professional manner, but too many features and you’
Comparing Search Interfaces on Digital Exhibitions
For digital exhibitions at museums and heritage sites, the search functionality in particular takes advantage of the electronic medium: the search capabilities, when done well, engage visitors and prompt them to find their own pathways through an oth
Visual Storytelling Platforms
Telling your Collections’ Stories for Cultural Heritage and Museums [Originally written in 2022, still mostly relevant in 2024] This has been updated for 2022 and covers more topics. I’ll keep this updated in the future–let me know
An Overview of Virtual Tours for Heritage Sites and Museums
There has never been a more relevant time for publishing cultural heritage in digital 3D imaging online: since early 2020 many heritage professionals were thrown into the deep end of representing their spaces and collections virtually and engaging si
How Virtual Tours are a Tool for Accessibility for Your Spaces
After protecting their collections, the next imperative for curators and site managers is providing safe access to an international community. In 2021, that also can include virtual copies of physical spaces to provide access to collections and herit