Museums and the Web

An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.

Museums and the web 2013

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Museum as Memoryscape: The Virtual Shtetl Portal of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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virtual museum
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memory
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local history
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data sharing
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jewish history
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european history
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This paper focuses on the Virtual Shtetl Portal of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (www.sztetl.org.pl). Virtual Shtetl utilizes a Web platform that enables registered users to participate in the sharing of memories, public history and other information relevant to the preservation of Jewish cultural heritage.

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Demonstration - show your project
Site: 
http://www.sztetl.org.pl
Authors: 
Pauline Sliwinski

Tour of the National Museum of America Jewish History

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new media
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jewish history
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The National Museum of America Jewish History has just opened in November 2010, come have a personal tour of the new exhibitions with the Museum's Media Designer and Producer Jake Barton of Local Projects, and the Museum's Head Curator, Josh Perelman.  The Museum showcases a wide range of cutting edge media experiences, including the Contemporary Issues Forum a dialogue space that mixes cu

Type: 
Other Interaction - describe in notes
Authors: 
Josh Perelman