This is Our Playground
For the last 6 months I’ve been working with Alan Hook on a project called ‘This is Our Playground’, a couple of weeks ago we held a Hack Day at the Ulster Museum… Read More
Category Archive: My Research
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Should museum websites pull in content from non museum sources?
A few weeks ago the Walker Art Center launched their new website. I was really excited to see that the site contains a range of content, and voices from across the center but also from… Read More
Has Alternative Reality Gaming Gone Mainstream?
I was prompted to write this post when I saw my dad playing an ARG this weekend , all thanks to Mercedes new ‘Escape the Map’ campaign. A TV advert (see video below) directs viewers… Read More
Amsterdam Museum Night
I’m just back from an ace weekend in Amsterdam, luckily my visit coincided with Museum Nacht. Museum Nacht is annual event which sees 45 museums open to 2.00 am, not only are the museums… Read More
Apps on the high street
The fashion industry has truly embraced digital, from Burberry launching their collection on Twitter to the London Fashion Week Digital Innovation Award examples of innovation can be found from the catwalks to the highstreet. Still waiting on… Read More
A platform for innovation and experimentation
A couple of years ago I was selected to take part in a British Council ‘International Young Curator Programme’. As part of the programme I worked in the Northern Ireland Gallery at the Venice… Read More
Do museums need a website to be online?
I would suggest not, and using a couple of examples from Poole Museum and Towner Gallery this blog post explores a number of effective alternative online platforms. Perhaps I should begin by explaining… Read More
Shaping Visitor Behaviour
A few weeks ago I visited casa de Julieta, the fictional home of Romeo and Juliet’s, Juliet. The house which is a massive tourist attraction provides an interesting example in the use of stagecraft… Read More
Bite Size Culture
This chewing gum packet prompted me to have 4 pieces of chewing gum today, that’s more than I visit most museum websites in a year. The text on the packaging cleverly positions this product,… Read More
The Joy of Discovery
Recently when visiting a friend’s house I noticed a beautifully bound book sitting on her bookshelf. I picked it up, opened the cover and simply could not put it down. It was a diary,… Read More
