There’s been a lot of talk following Koven Smith’s (Denver Art Museum) provocation in April – “what’s the use of the museum website?”. Part driven by the rapid uptake of mobile and part driven by the existential crisis brought on Koven, many in the community have been thinking about how to transform the digital presence [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Interviews'
The museum website as a newspaper – an interview with Walker Art Center
December 3rd, 2011 14 Comments
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“Do curators dream of electric collection records?” Exploring how the Powerhouse online collection is used
October 8th, 2011 2 Comments
As one of the first of a ‘new style’ of museum online collections, launching several internet generations ago in 2006, the Powerhouse Museum’s collection database has been undergoing a rethink in recent times. Five years is a very long time on the web and not only has the landscape of online museum collections radically changed, [...]
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Interview with Rob Manson on Layar, streetARt and the AR Dev Camp
August 5th, 2011 No Comments
A little while back at the beginning of June we hosted the Sydney AR Dev Camp. Organised by Rob Manson and Alex Young, the AR Dev Camp was aimed at exposing local Sydney developers to some of the recent developments in augmented reality. A free event sponsored by Layar and the Powerhouse, it filled the [...]
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A new Powerhouse Walking Tours App and a Q&A with Glen Barnes
July 20th, 2011 No Comments
About a month ago our second walking tour App went live in the AppStore and was promptly featured by Apple leading to a rapid spike in downloads. The Powerhouse Museum Walking Tours App is a free download, unlike our Sydney Observatory App, and it comes pre-packaged with two tours of the suburbs surrounding the Museum [...]
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China Heart – mobile locative storytelling: interview with Tara Morelos, Annette Shun-Wah & Jennifer Wilson
January 14th, 2011 1 Comment
On January 30 the Powerhouse Museum becomes the start point for a locative mobile story/game called China Heart. This exciting free project runs all through Chinese New Year celebrations until February 13. China Heart is being produced by dLux Media Arts, developed by The Project Factory, and the narrative has been written by Annette Shun-Wah [...]
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Interview with Mia Ridge on museum metadata games
January 3rd, 2011 2 Comments
Mia Ridge is the lead developer at the Science Museum in London. She approached us in 2010 to use our collection database in her Masters research project which looks at the impact of different interfaces in museum collection-related ‘games’. Her research project is up and running at Museumgam.es where you can partake in a variety [...]
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Quick interview with Amped Powerhouse API winners – Andrea Lau & Jack Zhao
November 11th, 2010 1 Comment
Andrea Lau & Jack Zhao were the winners of the Powerhouse Museum challenge at the recent Amped hack day organised by Web Directions in Sydney. As part of their prize they won a basement tour to see all the things that the Powerhouse doesn’t have out on display. Renae Mason, senior online producer at the [...]
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Ask a Curator Day – behind what the Powerhouse is doing
August 27th, 2010 Comments Off
The InternationalAsk A Curator Day happens on September 1st this year and the Powerhouse is excited to be taking part even though we’ll be taking questions through our Facebook page rather than Twitter. We’re hoping that by using Facebook we’ll be able to answer more detailed questions and potentially reach a wider audience. Unlike our [...]
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Dan Collins on our move to virtualisation
August 18th, 2009 2 Comments
Our IT manager, Dan Collins, is in the Australian broadsheet today talking about our move over the last year to virtualisation of our servers. “We have got a much-reduced infrastructure spend in terms of the replacement cycle of hardware,” Mr Collins said. “When you look at what it saved us having to replace over three [...]
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