Comments on: Open Source Software: New Possibilities for Museums http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/ Multitouch Exhibit Design and Interactive Media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Museum Exhibit and Design News | Ideum blog » Blog Archive » Open Source Session and Multitouch Table at AAM http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Museum Exhibit and Design News | Ideum blog » Blog Archive » Open Source Session and Multitouch Table at AAM Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:18:39 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-291 [...] Open Source Software: New Possibilities for Museums [...] [...] Open Source Software: New Possibilities for Museums [...]

]]> By: Doug http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Doug Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:15:38 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-293 Jim and Bryan. . . On the subject of open source Web content management -- just want to put in a good word for ModX. It's not been around as long as some of the others and doesn't have the number of contributed modules that Drupal, Joomla, or other open source systems do, but I've found ModX to be a delight to work with and think it provides a great foundation to build on. It's worth a look. Jim and Bryan. . .

On the subject of open source Web content management — just want to put in a good word for ModX. It’s not been around as long as some of the others and doesn’t have the number of contributed modules that Drupal, Joomla, or other open source systems do, but I’ve found ModX to be a delight to work with and think it provides a great foundation to build on.

It’s worth a look.

]]> By: Bryan Lee http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Bryan Lee Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:02:05 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-292 I am helping the Art Museum of Southeast Texas http://amset.org in redesigning their existing website with drupal and I hope to make it more interactive and give it a more updated look. I will propose some of the social networks like facebook, flickr, etc but don't know if they will go for that. Thanks for the article, I will read it over. I am helping the Art Museum of Southeast Texas http://amset.org in redesigning their existing website with drupal and I hope to make it more interactive and give it a more updated look. I will propose some of the social networks like facebook, flickr, etc but don’t know if they will go for that. Thanks for the article, I will read it over.

]]> By: Jim http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Jim Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:10:46 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-295 Bryan, Glad to be of help. Not sure what advice to give, there's a lot that could be said about designing a museum Website. I think seeing examples of what's out there is important and trying to make connections with online communities such as Facebook, Flickr, and others makes sense. Ideally, the site should reflect the unique "culture" of the institution while obviously meeting its' needs (information and education). Finally, check out Nina Simon's article "Is Your Museum Website a Walled Garden" http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-your-museum-website-walled-garden.html Good luck. What site are you working on anyway? Bryan,
Glad to be of help. Not sure what advice to give, there’s a lot that could be said about designing a museum Website. I think seeing examples of what’s out there is important and trying to make connections with online communities such as Facebook, Flickr, and others makes sense. Ideally, the site should reflect the unique “culture” of the institution while obviously meeting its’ needs (information and education). Finally, check out Nina Simon’s article “Is Your Museum Website a Walled Garden” http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-your-museum-website-walled-garden.html Good luck. What site are you working on anyway?

]]> By: Bryan Lee http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Bryan Lee Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:37:53 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-294 Jim, Thanks for the advice. I've seen the Science Buzz website before when I was researching drupal. I'll have to take a look at CMS Made Simple. Do you have any tips to designing a museum website? Jim,

Thanks for the advice. I’ve seen the Science Buzz website before when I was researching drupal. I’ll have to take a look at CMS Made Simple. Do you have any tips to designing a museum website?

]]> By: Jim Spadaccini http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Jim Spadaccini Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:19:24 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-297 Bryan, It is a good question. We (<a href="http://www.ideum.com" rel="nofollow">Ideum</a>) have used Word Press to in the past but never for an entire site. SFMOMA created a custom site for their Olafur Eliasson site, although as I'm looking right now, site appears to be down? You can read more about on Nina Simon's blog (<a href="http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2007/10/wielding-web-20-intelligently-sfmoma.html" rel="nofollow">Wielding Web 2.0 Intelligently</a>). As far as Drupal sites are concerned. Science Museum of Minnesota's <a href="http://www.smm.org/buzz/" rel="nofollow">Science Buzz</a> is perhaps the best known Drupal-powered site in the field. One other open source tool worth mentioning is CMS Made Simple (http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/). We've been using it for a number of Web sites that we've development. Most recently for the <a href="http://www.dhdc.org" rel="nofollow"> Don Harrington Discovery Center.</a>. Bryan,
It is a good question. We (Ideum) have used Word Press to in the past but never for an entire site. SFMOMA created a custom site for their Olafur Eliasson site, although as I’m looking right now, site appears to be down? You can read more about on Nina Simon’s blog (Wielding Web 2.0 Intelligently).

As far as Drupal sites are concerned. Science Museum of Minnesota’s Science Buzz is perhaps the best known Drupal-powered site in the field. One other open source tool worth mentioning is CMS Made Simple (http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/). We’ve been using it for a number of Web sites that we’ve development. Most recently for the Don Harrington Discovery Center..

]]> By: Bryan Lee http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Bryan Lee Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:13:19 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-296 Does anyone know of examples of museums that have used wordpress to design their whole site? I was originally going to use drupal but wordpress seems more user-friendly and faster to implement. Does anyone know of examples of museums that have used wordpress to design their whole site? I was originally going to use drupal but wordpress seems more user-friendly and faster to implement.

]]> By: David Henry http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-298 David Henry Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:09:23 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-298 Great discussion. There are some very interesting open source applications being developed specifically for museums. But don't forget that there are number of mature open source projects that you can leverage even though they were not specifically developed for museums. At the Missouri History Museum (http://www.mohistory.org) we have implemented a full featured museum website and content management system by leveraging Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) - the very popular web application framework. I will be giving a half day workshop at the 2009 Museums and the Web conference in Indianapolis about how museums can leverage Drupal (http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001925.html) Great discussion. There are some very interesting open source applications being developed specifically for museums. But don’t forget that there are number of mature open source projects that you can leverage even though they were not specifically developed for museums. At the Missouri History Museum (http://www.mohistory.org) we have implemented a full featured museum website and content management system by leveraging Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) – the very popular web application framework.

I will be giving a half day workshop at the 2009 Museums and the Web conference in Indianapolis about how museums can leverage Drupal (http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001925.html)

]]> By: Rob Stephenson http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Rob Stephenson Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:16:17 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-288 Great article, Jim. What I find especially interesting are the disruptive applications of the open source model - the ones that have the power to fundamentally change the way museums do their business. Ideum's Open Exhibits project, described above, promises better tools for building Web-based museum exhibits and may have the potential to fall in this category. Another example is The Tech Virtual (http://thetechvirtual.org), The Tech Museum's initiative taking open source to its logical conclusion: the design of new exhibits by those outside the museum's walls. The strength of open source, Eric Raymond famously said, is that "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." The counterpart of this for open source museum exhibit development is: "given enough imaginations, all interactives are stunning!" Great article, Jim. What I find especially interesting are the disruptive applications of the open source model – the ones that have the power to fundamentally change the way museums do their business. Ideum’s Open Exhibits project, described above, promises better tools for building Web-based museum exhibits and may have the potential to fall in this category. Another example is The Tech Virtual (http://thetechvirtual.org), The Tech Museum’s initiative taking open source to its logical conclusion: the design of new exhibits by those outside the museum’s walls. The strength of open source, Eric Raymond famously said, is that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” The counterpart of this for open source museum exhibit development is: “given enough imaginations, all interactives are stunning!”

]]> By: MuseumDesignAsia http://www.ideum.com/blog/2008/11/open-source-software-new-possibilities-for-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-290 MuseumDesignAsia Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:17:41 +0000 http://www.ideum.com/blog/?p=482#comment-290 A really useful article. Thank you. This is a long-neglected area of museum design and I am sure this will be a very fertile area for the future A really useful article. Thank you. This is a long-neglected area of museum design and I am sure this will be a very fertile area for the future

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