Museums Tech 2016 Digital Festival - Museum in a Box

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3D Museums by George Oates [email protected] MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION TECH CONFERENCE MANCHESTER, 21 JANUARY 2016

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3D Museumsby George Oates

[email protected]

MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION TECH CONFERENCE MANCHESTER, 21 JANUARY 2016

gfns.uk

R&D Tools, Products

Clients

gfns.uk

The Small MuseumThe Small Museum

Tom Flynn

Harriet Maxwell

V1 March 2015

March 2015

March 2015

March 2015

March 2015

March 2015

The Arthur & Henry Maxwell Bequest

museuminabox.org

Museum 1

Museum 2

Museum 3

Box 1

Box 2

Museum 1

Museum 2

Museum 3

+ Raspberry Pi (or other small computer)

+ Raspberry Pi (or other small computer)

[ Content ]

V2 November 2015

November 2015

November 2015

November 2015

V3 December 2015

December 2015

Institution in a Box

Syllabus in a Box

Theme in a Box

Class Project in a Box

Exhibition in a Box

Antiquity Prompt

Scarcity Abundance

Object Document

Inert Mobilised

ORIGINAL 3D / REPLICA

Early observations• Institutions aren’t ready for ad-hoc

digitisation requests

• There’s no pattern for dealing with potential for commercial use

• Most tech challenges are cultural challenges in disguise

Early observations• Institutions aren’t ready for ad-hoc

digitisation requests

• There’s no pattern for dealing with potential for commercial use

• Most tech challenges are cultural challenges in disguise

Next steps?• Help people learn about 3D digitisation -

see us about workshops!

• Start an online forum for conversation

• Work with educators about content

• Develop an [Institution] in a Box

• Test a box in two classrooms

Thank you! George Oates

[email protected] @_museuminabox museuminabox.org

github.com/museuminabox