Dear Simon,
I recently had some interesting discussions with the Arts Council about their Creative Media strategy and the extent to which it can encourage museums to participate in The Space.
Museum content would certainly benefit from more marketing, and The Space provides one opportunity to build audience profile. However, it is not currently clear what kind of material museums would need to provide, nor where it would fit into The Space (most 'museum' content is currently under the Visual Arts section).
The Nationals have been working with the BBC to populate their Digital Public Space platform, and I had understood that there ought to be a connection between this and The Space, although I don't think this has yet materialised.
I think there is an opportunity to use The Space to showcase the highlights of online collections, and through it to encourage a wider audience to discover the huge range of content that museums are now publishing.
Looking forward to seeing the article!
All best,
Nick
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Dear MCGers,
I am writing an article for the next Museums Journal about how museums and galleries create and use digital media to disseminate audiovisual material etc and wondered if any list members had views about The Space - the BBC/ACE digital arts service.
Please get in touch if you do.
Cheers
Simon
Simon Stephens
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Museums journal
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