Open Forum

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
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Hi - We've been building a site using Omeka. Since we are an all-volunteer museum at this point, we needed something that had good templates (easy to build), good support (both supplier- and community-based), and low cost. At the same time, the user experience had to have a high-quality presentation, strong search, and easy navigation (intuitive). Lots of examples of Omeka presentations are available through their website links.

We decided to contract with Omeka.com to host it, which means we use the Omeka Classic platform without attempting to do custom programming.

Keep it simple. Creating content is enough of a challenge.

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Greg Moss
Museum Planning Committee
International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (www.isasc.org)
Pittsburgh, PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2020 08:22 AM
From: Mark Osterman
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

All,
I am exploring online exhibition platforms to display work we do not have space to in the physical museum. Does anyone have recommendations. I have been experimenting with Artsteps. https://www.artsteps.com/  Has anyone used this platform before? Looking for some resources.

Thanks in advance

Mark 

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
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Slight clarification:
omeka.org is the source of the software (free)
omeka.net is the contracted hosting service [not omeka.com]

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Greg Moss
Museum Planning Committee
International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (www.isasc.org)
Pittsburgh, PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-05-2020 09:32 AM
From: Greg Moss
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Hi - We've been building a site using Omeka. Since we are an all-volunteer museum at this point, we needed something that had good templates (easy to build), good support (both supplier- and community-based), and low cost. At the same time, the user experience had to have a high-quality presentation, strong search, and easy navigation (intuitive). Lots of examples of Omeka presentations are available through their website links.

We decided to contract with Omeka.com to host it, which means we use the Omeka Classic platform without attempting to do custom programming.

Keep it simple. Creating content is enough of a challenge.

------------------------------
Greg Moss
Museum Planning Committee
International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (www.isasc.org)
Pittsburgh, PA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2020 08:22 AM
From: Mark Osterman
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

All,
I am exploring online exhibition platforms to display work we do not have space to in the physical museum. Does anyone have recommendations. I have been experimenting with Artsteps. https://www.artsteps.com/  Has anyone used this platform before? Looking for some resources.

Thanks in advance

Mark 

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
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Second Omeka. Though I personally did not create/use this, someone from my institution has, and the feedback has been positive: 

https://iusbarchives.omeka.net

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George Garner
Assistant Director & Curator
Civil Rights Heritage Center - Indiana University, South Bend
South Bend IN
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-05-2020 09:32 AM
From: Greg Moss
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Hi - We've been building a site using Omeka. Since we are an all-volunteer museum at this point, we needed something that had good templates (easy to build), good support (both supplier- and community-based), and low cost. At the same time, the user experience had to have a high-quality presentation, strong search, and easy navigation (intuitive). Lots of examples of Omeka presentations are available through their website links.

We decided to contract with Omeka.com to host it, which means we use the Omeka Classic platform without attempting to do custom programming.

Keep it simple. Creating content is enough of a challenge.

------------------------------
Greg Moss
Museum Planning Committee
International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (www.isasc.org)
Pittsburgh, PA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2020 08:22 AM
From: Mark Osterman
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

All,
I am exploring online exhibition platforms to display work we do not have space to in the physical museum. Does anyone have recommendations. I have been experimenting with Artsteps. https://www.artsteps.com/  Has anyone used this platform before? Looking for some resources.

Thanks in advance

Mark 

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
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Hi Greg - I am personally a big fan of Scalar - it's similar to Omeka but gives much more flexibility and opportunities to customize. I've used it to create 3 digital versions of our past exhibitions and it's been great.

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Jessica Bocinski
Registrar
Chapman University Art Collections
Orange CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-05-2020 09:32 AM
From: Greg Moss
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Hi - We've been building a site using Omeka. Since we are an all-volunteer museum at this point, we needed something that had good templates (easy to build), good support (both supplier- and community-based), and low cost. At the same time, the user experience had to have a high-quality presentation, strong search, and easy navigation (intuitive). Lots of examples of Omeka presentations are available through their website links.

We decided to contract with Omeka.com to host it, which means we use the Omeka Classic platform without attempting to do custom programming.

Keep it simple. Creating content is enough of a challenge.

------------------------------
Greg Moss
Museum Planning Committee
International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (www.isasc.org)
Pittsburgh, PA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2020 08:22 AM
From: Mark Osterman
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

All,
I am exploring online exhibition platforms to display work we do not have space to in the physical museum. Does anyone have recommendations. I have been experimenting with Artsteps. https://www.artsteps.com/  Has anyone used this platform before? Looking for some resources.

Thanks in advance

Mark 

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
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Thanks!

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-24-2020 06:58 PM
From: Jessica Bocinski
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Hi Greg - I am personally a big fan of Scalar - it's similar to Omeka but gives much more flexibility and opportunities to customize. I've used it to create 3 digital versions of our past exhibitions and it's been great.

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Jessica Bocinski
Registrar
Chapman University Art Collections
Orange CA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-05-2020 09:32 AM
From: Greg Moss
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Hi - We've been building a site using Omeka. Since we are an all-volunteer museum at this point, we needed something that had good templates (easy to build), good support (both supplier- and community-based), and low cost. At the same time, the user experience had to have a high-quality presentation, strong search, and easy navigation (intuitive). Lots of examples of Omeka presentations are available through their website links.

We decided to contract with Omeka.com to host it, which means we use the Omeka Classic platform without attempting to do custom programming.

Keep it simple. Creating content is enough of a challenge.

------------------------------
Greg Moss
Museum Planning Committee
International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (www.isasc.org)
Pittsburgh, PA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2020 08:22 AM
From: Mark Osterman
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

All,
I am exploring online exhibition platforms to display work we do not have space to in the physical museum. Does anyone have recommendations. I have been experimenting with Artsteps. https://www.artsteps.com/  Has anyone used this platform before? Looking for some resources.

Thanks in advance

Mark 

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
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Hi Mark, Jessica, George and Greg,
Since lots of folks are trying to move content to on-line platforms during the current museum closures, I started a thread about this over on NAME's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/name.aam/10156792157106441/?comment_id=10156795312476441&notif_id=1585158377506152&notif_t=group_comment 

Your ideas and experience there would add to our conversation -- thanks!

Penny

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Penny Jennings
Associate Director for Experience Development
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland CA
pjennings@museumca.org
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-25-2020 01:30 PM
From: Mark Osterman
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Thanks!

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL

Original Message:
Sent: 03-24-2020 06:58 PM
From: Jessica Bocinski
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Hi Greg - I am personally a big fan of Scalar - it's similar to Omeka but gives much more flexibility and opportunities to customize. I've used it to create 3 digital versions of our past exhibitions and it's been great.

------------------------------
Jessica Bocinski
Registrar
Chapman University Art Collections
Orange CA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-05-2020 09:32 AM
From: Greg Moss
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

Hi - We've been building a site using Omeka. Since we are an all-volunteer museum at this point, we needed something that had good templates (easy to build), good support (both supplier- and community-based), and low cost. At the same time, the user experience had to have a high-quality presentation, strong search, and easy navigation (intuitive). Lots of examples of Omeka presentations are available through their website links.

We decided to contract with Omeka.com to host it, which means we use the Omeka Classic platform without attempting to do custom programming.

Keep it simple. Creating content is enough of a challenge.

------------------------------
Greg Moss
Museum Planning Committee
International Society of Antique Scale Collectors (www.isasc.org)
Pittsburgh, PA

Original Message:
Sent: 03-04-2020 08:22 AM
From: Mark Osterman
Subject: Online Exhibition Platforms

All,
I am exploring online exhibition platforms to display work we do not have space to in the physical museum. Does anyone have recommendations. I have been experimenting with Artsteps. https://www.artsteps.com/  Has anyone used this platform before? Looking for some resources.

Thanks in advance

Mark 

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Mark Osterman, Ed.D.
Digital Experience Manager
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Coal Gables, FL
------------------------------

Original Message------

Hi Mark, Jessica, George and Greg,
Since lots of folks are trying to move content to on-line platforms during the current museum closures, I started a thread about this over on NAME's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/name.aam/10156792157106441/?comment_id=10156795312476441&notif_id=1585158377506152&notif_t=group_comment 

Your ideas and experience there would add to our conversation -- thanks!

Penny

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Penny Jennings
Associate Director for Experience Development
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland CA
pjennings@museumca.org
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