Collections Management Natural History Museums

eMoo

in the Americas

Collections Management Natural History Museums

EMu… by any other name……would be easier to pronounce!

EMu = Electronic Museum

Collections Management Natural History Museums

Beyond Collections Management

North American Trends…

– Converting Data in EMu to Public Knowledge• On the web• Information Kiosks• iMu

Collections Management Natural History Museums

New York Botanic Gardens – Steere Herbarium

Entire site for Lecythidaceae Pages is generated through EMu Narratives!

Collections Management Natural History Museums

New York Botanic Gardens – Steere Herbarium

Pages include:

• Overview

• Individual specimen data

• Taxon descriptions

• Glossary

• Multimedia

• Additional Resources

Collections Management Natural History Museums

New York Botanic Gardens – Steere Herbarium

Collections Management Natural History Museums

New York Botanic Gardens – Steere Herbarium

Collections Management Natural History Museums

New York Botanic Gardens – Steere Herbarium

Collections Management Natural History Museums

Canadian Museum of Civilization

• Over 200,000 objects on the web

• Over 50 “virtual” exhibitions

• Most prepared by hand and static

• Some direct from EMu at object level

• War Clip

• History of Canadian Nursing

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Canadian Museum of Civilization

• Two “Narratives” based online exhibitions ready for release to the web

• Puppets

• Anvil Fire (the history of French settlement in Quebec)

Collections Management Natural History Museums

National Naval Aviation Museum – Pensacola, Florida

Information Kiosk

• Planning stories from EMu direct to Information Kiosks

Collections Management Natural History Museums

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

• Currently implementing iMu for “Secret Vault” Exhibition (late 2008)

• Will use Narratives on the web and in Information Kiosks

Collections Management Natural History Museums

Issues for extracting knowledge from eMu

• Software – you have most of what you need in eMu

• Implementing what you already have

• Designing online stories

• Gathering data

Collections Management Natural History Museums

Next steps for eMoo in the Americas

• Most customers are planning to use Narratives on the web over then next 2 years

• iMu has generated a lot of interest

• Knowledge to the people is a critical issue for North American customers