The Digital Museum as PlatformJacob R. Wang, DR Byen, Dec 2012

#sharecare12 // @jacob_wang

Concrete cases on opening up and collaborating with the public!

Challenges engaging with people we don't normally reach?

How do vision and reality interact?

What are the keys to success?

Biggest barriers when letting go of control over “our” assets?

“Let’s get

real!”

The National Museum of DenmarkEstablished 1807

550 employees | 1 million hours | 35 million Euro

MISSIONThe National Museum embody and develop the prerequisites for

everyone to be able to gain insight into cultural history

Zuse Z3 (1943)

1950s - Invented and developed

1990s - Commercially available

2000s - Exponential growth all over

We’re here

Graphics from Smithsonian Learning Model >> CLICK ME

Newsocial, communication, learning, creation, sharing

mechanics

MuseumsResources Outcomes

we do… …they consume

20th century BROADCAST idiom

<< Click me! Awesome talk by @mpedson

Social Local Mobile Web 2.0

Semantic Web, Singularity, “The future”

Built for the early web + broadcast

Photo: http://preparingyourfamily.com

What to do?

HEY! I CAN FIX YOUR HOUSE!!!

THE STRATEGIST”I will predict the future, and use this to

carefully plan our work in the years to come!”

Strategi & Vision

WHAT’S IN THE CRYSTAL BALL?Relevant trends and disruptive tools

Further SoLoMo, Semantic Web, Natural interfaces, Image

recognition, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence

WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?Pick principles and tactics + do stuff

Government 2.0, Linked Open Data, Copyright

Policy, Infrastructure development, Digitisation,

Metadata production, Devops, Lean Startup

methodologies

PREPARATION4 institutions

½ year easy + 2 weeks amok

20.000 kr (+ 10.000 M$)

Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Mail, G+ Hangouts, Google

Docs

#hack4dk kickoffOctober 2012 – 8 Ignite talks on open

data/culture/sourceVideocamera = Youtube ;)

#hack4dk 201250 people, 10 prototypes, 1 party

10

PROTOTYPESKulturarv

Datafest

Adopt a mound

Near something

Dead neighbours

Image analysis of artworks

Image mosaik/smashup

Danebrosmænd

SMK geoscraping

Mapping artworks

OUTCOMES?

Great media-

coverage“Hack-a-what?! Sounds interesting!”

First contactWith developer communities in

DK

Great funEverybody had a

blast!

Cool prototypesIdeas and perspectives from

“outsiders”

”This hackathon is a good example that

(…) cultural institutions have embraced

the digital challenge.

In my view, culture has great potential

to become a much larger force in the

Danish society, and free access to

culture data is a big step in the right

direction.“

- Uffe Elbæk, Minister of Culture

OUTCOMES “for us”Deployment of Natmus API (beta)

Documentation of Royal Library API

Deplyment of CPH City Archive API (alpha)

Real-world application of DK Heritage Agency

API

Raised awareness of the value of open data

#HACK4DK 2013MORE DATA, MORE TIME, MORE FOCUS

NEW PARTICIPANTS

Institutions

Developers

Designers (GFX, UX, UI)

Concept designers

Storytellers

Teachers

Editors

MORE THEMES

Gaming

Culture

Turism

”Borgerservice”

Education

#HACK4DK 2013MORE DATA, MORE TIME, MORE FOCUS

NEW PARTICIPANTS

Institutions

Developers

Designers (GFX, UX, UI)

Concept designers

Storytellers

Teachers

Editors

MORE THEMES

Gaming

Culture

Turism

”Borgerservice”

Education

MISSIONThe National Museum embody and develop the prerequisites for

everyone to be able to gain insight into cultural history

MISSIONThe National Museum embody and develop the prerequisites for

everyone to be able to gain insight into cultural history

Via 3rd party mashups

Creating mashable content

flickr | tumblr | twitter | youtube

THE DIGITAL NATIONAL MUSEUMOpenness, Accessibility, Transparency

Digital workspace development

Digital literacy

We’re putting the pedal to the metal!

THE DIGITAL NATIONAL MUSEUMFull digitisation and accessibility

Massive representation in Europeana

Infrastructure development

Collection crowdsourcing

Open Source Tools

...and many other things!

WE CAN’T DO THIS ALONE!Collaboration with DK museums

Collaboration with

”regular people”

heritage enthusiasts

audiences and communities

education and learning institutions

start-ups and commercial businesses

Thank you!

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