Thanks everyone,
This has come at an excellent time to assist with my own research!
Robin
On 23 February 2016 at 11:35, Richard Martin <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi Mike,
>
> Just to add a thumbs up for the Google Cultural Institute - it's been an
> excellent way for us to get our objects and stories online.
>
> I also liked these implementations from the Städel Museum in Frankfurt:
> http://monet.staedelmuseum.de/en
> http://80er.staedelmuseum.de/en/
>
> Richard
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> John Stack
> Sent: 23 February 2016 11:17
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Objects / stories / narratives
>
> Hi Mike
>
> This is something I am really interested in too. It feels especially
> important for history/ethnographic collections where the individual objects
> are not the centre of the experience (unlike in an art museum) but where
> groupings of objects can tell a story that gives them meanings and explains
> their significance perhaps better than a "about this object" text in an
> online collection interface.
>
> I don't think that there are lots of great examples in the museum sector
> (the Wellcome work is certainly v good). Journalism is really starting to
> explore storytelling in interesting multimedia ways. I guess the best/first
> example is Snowfall:
> http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/
> But there are dozens of others which someone is kindly documenting in this
> list:
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NnTg-KfmEpWeLtCm7zMK-THWyzHIDdaeWaoYtQMAyPQ/edit#gid=0
>
> A few museum examples which are interesting on one way or another though
> not really like the Wellcome stories:
>
>
> http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/story/20150430-rosetta-the-whole-story/index.html
> http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
> http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians
> http://ingenious.org.uk/Read/
> http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/outside-the-spacecraft/online/
>
> http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/online_science/explore_our_collections/stories
> <- this thing has some terrible performance issues so go to load the page
> and then go and make a cuppa...
>
> Here are a few related articles on this subject which are with a read:
>
>
> http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/the-whole-story-and-then-some-digital-storytelling-in-evolving-museum-practice/
> https://storytellinginthedigitalage.wordpress.com
>
> http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/11/the-future-of-the-feature-breaking-out-of-templates-to-build-customized-reading-experiences/
>
> http://www.trevorowens.org/2014/02/a-draft-style-guide-for-digital-collection-hypertexts/
> http://alistapart.com/article/building-nonlinear-narratives-for-the-web
>
> John
>
> PS. See also this nice list:
> https://hackpad.com/Interactive-Storytelling-pPjlGpwaNh6
>
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