8. • The History Museum Web Examined, 2004
(PDF): http://www.lotfortynine.org/wp-
content/uploads/2011/11/HistoryMuseumsO
nline2004_brennan.pdf
• 2004 Survey Summary:
http://bit.ly/historymuseumweb2004
• 2011 Survey:
http://bit.ly/stateofhistorymuseumweb
9. Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/
10. Raid on Deerfield, Many Stories of 1704
http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/
11. 2011 survey of history museum websites
Viewed 115 websites out of the 1179 self-identified history museums
• Visitors can now expect almost every history museum to contain basic
visitation information, which sites did not always offer in 2004.
• History museums in 2004 offered more narratives and stories related to
exhibitions than in 2011.
• Nearly 70 percent of history museums provide only a summary or list of
exhibitions.
• Only 2 museums offered a means for closely examining an object.
• Searchable collections databases were available in 17 percent of
museums, up from 9 percent in 2004, while 37 percent offer no collections
information.
• Nearly 70% of history museum sites offer no online teaching & learning
materials. Most list programs offered on-site with contact information, only.
• Facebook is the most popular social network where museums have a
presence at 56 percent and weren’t doing much there other than
publicizing programs.
http://bit.ly/stateofhistorymuseumweb
29. What Can a History Museum Do?
• Open your collections data, publish with all of
its warts
• Use digital spaces to contextualize objects &
share multiple interpretations
• Invite others to contribute scholarship using
your collections (with other sources)
30. Possible funding for that context
http://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2012-11-
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31. Would you use online museum collections?
• Do you use or have you used museum objects in your
research?
• How do you identify appropriate or possible collections to
use in your research?
• Do you use or have you used auction sites like eBay to find
sources?
• Would you be more likely to use museum collections as
sources if you could find them easily online?
• Are you interested in accessing museum collection data for
your own analysis, text or data mining, creating
visualizations?
• Would you share your research back with a museum whose
objects you incorporated into your research project?