Hi All
Personally I struggle to think of a good online collection. I certainly don't rate Europeana which is incredibly dry, and doesn't keep my interest more then a few seconds before I click away.
Perhaps before we digitise every collection in Europe we should speak to our audiences about what they would want from such a website, and develop a better standard of collection interface.
As I say, though I think Europeana is terribly designed (and has a truly awful name) I struggle to come up with a museum who has done it brilliantly. Personally I like the collection pages on the Brooklyn Museum website which I find to be friendly, easy to use and interesting, but I don't think it's a perfect solution...
Anyone think they have nailed the right design for an online collection?
Jim
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