VR experiences, such as virtual tours, aren’t exactly new to the museum world. However, they have made a lot of headlines this year. This is due to the various COVID-19 lockdowns that took place across the world. For museums that were ...
Museums are integrating VR to enhance their exhibits’ storytelling, offering virtual experiences outside of the museum to extend their message and reach an even broader global audience. The Illinois Holocaust Memorial Museum is using ...
The Badisches Landesmuseum (State Museum of Baden) in the southern German city of Karlsruhe has introduced a new kind of app for museum exhibits. Named My Object, the app provides a perfect match but a slightly less romantic one. ...
Remember dioramas? They were the friggin’ best. I’d jump on any excuse to grab a shoebox, fire up the hot glue gun (okay, Dad handled that), and strategically place plastic tigers and shrubs in their tiny cardboard habitat. I might ...
Across the world businesses found themselves having to pivot overnight last March in order to take their experience or service online; this posed an enormous challenge for the attractions industry. How could an online experience ...
One of the benefits of living in a highly technological world is the unprecedented access to resources and information. Traveling around the globe and visiting the most famous landmarks is now possible without even leaving your own ...
Museums and art galleries are closed but inside their walls, a select few people are busy at work. Curators, conservators, cleaners, art handlers and security guards are among those caring for the nation’s treasures during lockdown.
The pandemic has shown that museums have an important role to play as integral members of their communities. Whether focused on history, science, or art, museums can put the past and the present into context and allow people to make ...
With Covid 19, a large number of people is currently teleworking, confined to their homes for who knows how long? And once the working day is over, we probably have free time to fill at home – free time that can be filled with cultural ...
When the coronavirus pandemic forced museums across the globe to shut their doors, staff members got creative. That meant people stuck at home could enjoy virtual tours of famous collections in places like the Louvre in Paris. Here in ...
