Museums and the Web
An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.
Medical Museion
People's Choice:
10 votesConference
MW2012
Institution
Medical Museion
Designer
in-house
Small Museum
Small Museum
Category
Innovative | Experimental
Why
The new website of the Medical Museion is the best little website in the museum world, because:
It's a platform for discussion and debate about contemporary issues, not a branding or marketing site.- It's a leading intellectual inspiration for science, technology and medical museums around the world.
- It integrates humanistic research and curatorial activities.
- It engages the visitors in close encounters with material things.
- It enagages a large proportion of the museum staff in the daily creation of content.
- It fully integrates web pages with a daily stream of blog posts, tweets and videos.
The website was developed in-house on a limited (<$500) budget.
Nominated By
Year
2012