Museums and the Web

An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.

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The Community as the Centrepiece of a Collection – building a community of objects with the National Vending Machine

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community
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collection
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participation
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online / onsite
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digital cultural objects
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stories
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Most modern-day museums use their existing physical collection and the events they stage as a starting point for online activities. Communities are built around (parts of) the collection or specific offline events of a museum. Literature such as Museum and the Web papers, describes numerous case studies of successful projects.

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Paper - in formal session