museum websites

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

museum websites

Karolina Badzmierowska

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

Museum website is . . .

Why do museums have websites?

What is a role of a museum’s website?

What can a museum website offer beyond

being just an information about the museum,

collections, objects?

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

Museum website has…

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

Museum website has…

visitor information

collections

exhibition

object database

education

library

research

social media

other

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What makes a good museum website?

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

What makes a good museum website?

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

What makes a good museum website?

CONTENT

AESTHETICS

INTERFACE

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CONTENT

What information is provided?

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AESTHETICS

How the information, both textual

and visual, is presented?

How the website reflects the museum’s

identity?

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INTERFACE

How the information is delivered?

Is the website easy to navigate

and search for / find the information?

What interactive options are provided?

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EXAMPLES

TateRijksmuseumMet Museum

National Museum of IrelandHugh Lane

Waterford Treasures

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EXERCISE

Choose one object from the NMI collection (Treasury)

and create a mockup of a web page for it.

Consider following features and aspects:

• aesthetics

• content (text & images)

• interface

• interactive features

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

MockinbirdFree and basic software to create a mockup / wireframe of a

web site.

https://gomockingbird.com/

PreziFree presentation software

https://prezi.com

PiktochartFree and easy to use infographic creator, works well for

posters, brochures or website mockups

http://piktochart.com/

Department of History of Art and Architecture

School of Histories and Humanities

badzmiek@tcd.ie

http://www.tcd.ie/History_of_Art/

Department of History of Art and Architecture,

Trinity College Dublin

@TCDArtHist

Karolina Badzmierowska