1st Edition
Museums on the Web Exploring the Past for the Future
Introduction
Karin de Wild and Nadezhda Povroznik
Part 1: Pioneering virtual museums
1. Early virtual science museums: when the technology is not mature
Jonathan P. Bowen, Ann Borda, Giuliano Gaia and Stefania Boiano
2. Preserving the international museum of women: an interview with Marie Williams Chant
Ismini Kyritsis and Karin de Wild
Part 2: Digital initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Accessing the artwork in COVID-19: loss, recovery and reimagination
Amanda J. Tinker
4. An analysis of the role of digital technology in the online exhibition of the art museum in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic
Minying Zhang and Peng Liu
Part 3: Curation in virtual museums
5. Header/footer gallery: creating and sustaining an online only art gallery
Rene Alberto G. Cepeda Ph.D. and Constanza Salazar Ph.D.
6. Digital Pierrot Museum from Pristina to the Moon: an interview with Willred Dallto
Erik Da Silva
Part 4: Embracing open standards
7. Rethinking openness: a social constructivist approach to the promises of the new museology
Tiancheng Leo Cao
8. How “open” are Australian museums? A review through the lens of copyright governance
Paul Longley Arthur, Lydia Hearn, Isabel Smith and Nikos Koutras
Part 5: Museums’ digital identities
9. Museums’ digital identity: key components
Nadezhda Povroznik
10. Framing digital identities through social media in museums
Maria Paula Arias
11. A diachronic cluster analysis of Danish museum websites
Mette Skov and Tanja Svarre
Biography
Karin de Wild is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Museum and Collection Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on virtual museology, digital arts, and culture.
Nadezhda Povroznik is Research Associate at the Institute for History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Her research specializes in virtual museology and web history.
