I was bothered when I first read that but I think it's because it was
self-reported and museums are way more self-critical than other arts
organisations.
Fiona
On Wednesday, December 4, 2013, Mia wrote:
> Dear MCGers,
>
> I'm having trouble reconciling summaries like 'English museums behind
> in digital revolution' with the wisdom, experience and innovation I've
> seen in discussions like those on this list and at various
> museum+technology events over the past decade*, but the recent report
> 'Digital Culture: How arts and cultural organisations in England use
> technology' http://native.artsdigitalrnd.org.uk/digitalcultureresearch/
> was pretty scathing about museums' use of technologies.
>
> So I'm curious - why is there such a disconnect between practices
> within museums and the too-common public/funder/media pundit
> perception that museums are stuck in the last century? I'm really
> curious to know what you think, lurkers and all!
>
> And what questions should the survey have asked to elicit more useful
> responses from museums? What answer would best represent the projects
> that inspire you or have been most transformative within the museum?
>
> Cheers, Mia
> * And yes, I have already ranted about this a bit in both my UKMW13
> posts http://openobjects.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/ukmw13
>
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