persistent identity in museum space

Identity Woman » on a business panel

I had a good talk with kaliya about identity on Monday night, and find it still resonanting in my mind. There's a lot in the concept that would improve the museum web experience.

We imagine that the audience for culture is shared across many institutions. My local Museum Member is your tourist audience at the physical museum -- that's why we have reciprocal visiting agreements, where my membership is recognised @ your museum. But what about museum Web sites?

Wouldn't it be great if you could be recognised when you visit museum web sites, and lead towards new areas of content that match your interests? If you could build up a history of your interaction with museum sites that uniquely reflects your experiences and interactions? If you could find others who also shared your interests?

We're not doing enough to enable community at the local level. This might be just the kind of scaffolding we need to do it both locally and in boader network space.

This is one worth watching.