(Posted on Linkedin): I’m a Foursquare user and I’ve added my museum as a check-in location, but I think there are numerous challenges with Foursquare for cultural organizations (and other challenges, too). I think the Foursquare folks conceived it as a tool for restaurant- and bar-hoppers, and
Read more →Is there a list with museums who already use Foursquare? As user of Foursquare I find it quite limited, I hope this will change. It would be great to give out badges or stars e.g. for my favorite museums, in spite of only earning them. I would
Read more →New comment (1) on “Good idea? As a museum you could use a new feature in Foursquare to engage your increasingly mobile visitors with foursquare “Specials,” (discounts and prizes you can offer your loyal visitors)” We have had a Foursquare Mayor special at the Minnesota History Center
Read more →The California Land Grab multitouch, multiuser mapping application developed for the Gallery of California History at the Oakland Museum. This exhibit allows visitors to view detailed maps and other documents from the 18th and 19th centuries. High-resolution images along with descriptive metadata are drawn directly from Flickr
Read more →The rapid advance of the information and communications Technologies ICT applied to heritage documentation, management and exploitation increasingly enables tools to be rapidly replaced and greatly enhances the work of experts. However, developments are also raising new questions and posing new challenges. We need to pool technical
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