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Museums

Museums. and the UK future space Suzanne Keene The Science Museum, London http://www.SuzanneKeene.net. Introduction. Shaping the future space Museums in the future space Conclusions. The emerging space. Political Economic Social Technical Organisational. The political space.

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Museums

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  1. Museums and the UK future space Suzanne Keene The Science Museum, London http://www.SuzanneKeene.net

  2. Introduction • Shaping the future space • Museums in the future space • Conclusions

  3. The emerging space • Political • Economic • Social • Technical • Organisational

  4. The political space UK government supports infosociety Education Access Inclusion

  5. The economic space • Capital investment from government • ? income to sustain digital assets • The quarry (for commercial publishers) • The cooperative (AMICO, SCRAN) • Licensing (as individual picture libraries etc) • Charging (emerging e-charging mechanisms)

  6. The social space • Internet spread • UK a lead country • Access and museum users • tend to have internet access • Information rich / information poor?

  7. The technical space • Broad band • not natural for museums? • Digital TV • perhaps allows interaction • Integration of databases and web • highly significant in making catalogue material interesting

  8. DNER The organisational space

  9. Converging content

  10. DNER Converging networks

  11. £50m £19m £252m The politics of funding We will give you money …

  12. … and we want many dimensions Populist infotainment Academic authority and also and also Interactive participation Information provision

  13. Museum dimensions • Populist infotainment • Science museums • Academic authority • National Maritime Museum: Journal of Maritime Research; PORT • Interactive participation • Science Museum, STEM • Information provision • Natural History Museum, Earthlab Datasite

  14. Conclusions • Permanent evolution • Pressing issues: targeted funding; permanent preservation; sustainability • Changing the perspective • Interaction and participation and the future ...

  15. Towards the future All our imagination holds!

  16. Contact details Dr Suzanne Keene Head of Collections Management Science Museum, London Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD s.keene@nmsi.ac.uk http://www.SuzanneKeene.net

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