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Exceptional Digital Experiences for Museums and Cultural Institutions

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Museums are magical places, where history, culture, art, and science seem to come to life. Crafting digital experiences for institutions thought of as “in-person” or “hands-on” may seem like a challenge, but it’s a practice we relish at Forum One. Watch a conversation with NMAAHC leaders about this collaboration.

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MuseWeb 2021: Amplifying the Museum Experience

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We are very excited to connect with the amazing people who work hard to amplify the online museum experience at this year’s virtual MuseWeb 2021 conference in April. During construction, it became clear that the museum’s existing digital presence would not do justice to the quality of their new space and an esteemed collection.

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How the Air and Space Museum is Using Virtual Docents

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Anyway, Project Hail Mary inspired me to take the boys to the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum. This museum is full of all types of vehicles that fly: planes, helicopters, amphibious ships, missiles and drones. What the museum instead was probably just as good. And Jim, who was next to the SR-71.

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Turning Visitors into Customers: Maximising Retail Potential for Museums

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Museum shops can and should be more than just walls of collection postcards and bins of branded pencils. With captive audiences, a link to the creative, and consistent footfall, shops in museums have ample opportunity to maximise retail potential by offering products that appeal to visitors and have a clear connection to collections. .

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How Museums Use AI and Tech to Improve Visitor Experiences

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Specifically, AI can be applied in educational spaces like museums. Because museums are heavily reliant on the work of volunteers , it is difficult to have staff members continuously answering questions and engaging with visitors. AI is already seen in fields like commerce, security, and manufacturing, just to name a few.

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Making Women’s History More Visible

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This Women’s History Month, we celebrate the work that the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum does each and every day to bring women’s stories alive and into focus. Forum One worked with the Museum to create the 10-minute digital experience, which will be available this Friday on the Museum’s website.

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Content Strategy for Digital Collections: Archives, Libraries, and Museums

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Museums, archives, and libraries share many goals and functions. The items that museums, archives, and libraries collect reflect the human spirit. These objects also have the power to bring to light a variety of stories and experiences. They have been produced by people putting energy into telling their stories.

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