Museums in the Digital Age: Changing Meanings of Place, Community, and Culture
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0759124132 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here, museum expert Susana Smith Bautista brings more than twenty years of experience in cultural institutes in Los Angeles, New York, and Greece to propose a social understanding of why museums should be adopting technology, and how it should be adapted based on their particular missions, communities, and places. In order to illustrate these points, the book presents five case studies of the most technologically advanced art museums in the United States today:The Indianapolis Museum of ArtThe Walker Art CenterThe San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern ArtThe Brooklyn MuseumEach case study ends with a Lessons Learned section to bring these points home. While the case studies focus on museums in the United States, and also on art museums, this book is relevant to all types of museums and to museums all over the world, as they equally face the challenge of incorporating technology into their institutions. Museums in the Digital Age: Changing Meanings of Place, Community, and Culture showcases h
. Susana Smith Bautista is a multidisciplinary scholar on museums, digital technology, and the arts
Five Stars Mike Cosden Great resource for our museum as we try to move towards modernization in a growingly digital world.
And at the same time, many museum professionals view the mass media as foreign, and threatening to the mission of the museum. Museums in the Digital Age: Changing Meanings of Place, Community, and Culture will help us to harness the social networks of visitors and define the social capital museums can provide to the public. This book will become one of our navigational tools, reminding us to think of museums primarily as social institutions. (Peter Samis, Associate Curator, Interpretation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) . Dr. As we