Hi Mike
Manchester Museum do some really interesting work with video, and have
a really great YouTube channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/ManchesterMuseum
It's also worth looking at http://www.ArtBabble.org which brings lots
of video from museums around the world together in one place.
Jim
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On 16 Dec 2010, at 10:14, Mike Keane wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm researching the ways in which museums use video on the web, and
> why and when they would use it instead of written text and static
> pictures.
>
> I know some national museums, the V&A amongst them, now have their
> own dedicated online video channels. I’m hoping to hear from smaller
> regional museums who may be doing innovative work using online
> video, perhaps in an educational context, and if they have any means
> of referencing that video on the web other than as a category of the
> main museum website.
>
> I’m also very interested in if the ways in which museums use video
> is changing, with broadband speeds increasing and the cost of
> production falling. Are museums now more likely to create their own
> content in house or use external production companies?
>
> My final area of investigation is whether the increasing
> introduction of the H264 format is changing the workflow museums
> have for putting video on the web. Does anyone in the group notice a
> move away from Flash into HTML5?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Please feel free to send your thoughts to me directly if you wish.
> I'll be glad to post my findings to the list.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Mike
>
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