BCMA: I, Museum Conference Resources
"From the Cell Phone to the iPad"
Presented by David Alexander & Matthew Miller
Oct 28, 2010 / Additional workshop resources
David Alexander, communications manager at the Royal BC Museum, and Matthew Miller, principal at Quirke Infographica, presented a seminar at the BC Museums Association 2010 annual conference called "From the cell phone to the iPad: How museums are leveraging mobile technology."
This page was created to provide additional resources for the conference participants as well as those who were unable to attend.
View the presentation. Then come back and explore the museum-specific mobile apps, platforms, and online community resources on this page.
Mobile Applications for Museums
As a follow up to the BCMA conference, we have selected nearly a dozen mobile applications created specifically for museum audiences. From augmented reality to digital wayfinding, this selection should whet your appetite for more.
The Andy Warhol Museum Layar
Andy Warhol Museum
Brooklyn Museum Mobile
Brooklyn Museum
Explorer
American Museum of Natural History
French Impressionism
Art Institute of Chicago
MEanderthal
Smithsonian Institute
Portland Art Museum
Portland Art Museum
Scapes
DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum
Streetmuseum
Museum of London
Urban Augmented Reality
Netherlands Architecture Institute
Yours, Vincent
Van Gogh Museum
Hirshhorn Walker Art Center
Application Platforms for Museums
Interested in creating your own application? Two that stand out as of October 2010 are Toura and Zonear.
Toura
Mobile application platform
Zonear
Map based mobile apps.
Museum Communities Online
Are you part of the museum community? Here are six online communities catering to exhibition designers. View, then join, discuss, and learn.
BC Museums Association
A unified voice for the institutions, trustees, professional staff and volunteers of the BC museum and gallery community.
Exhibit Files
A community site for exhibit designers and developers
Museum Media
The online place for curators and museum staff looking for the most up-to-date information on new media for museums.
Museum Mobile
Media & technology on the go
Museum Next Blog
MuseumNext provides a forum to debate "how can museums and galleries benefit from new technology and the latest web trends."
Museum Strategy
Communicating the Museum conference blog