Dear All: I have mandated including scale on 2-d objects in collections since working on the collections at the San Diego Museum of Art for an interactive gallery in the mid-1990s. Using something other than measurements to give visitors and idea of what they looking for is extremely useful. Here's a couple of examples of how we do it here in the collection online in Cleveland currently, we add it as an option and users click on a link that says "How big is it? Instead of comparing it to objects we have a scaled individual.
Here is an object that is big: http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/work.asp?searchText=cupid+and+psyche&recNo=2&tab=2&display= Here is an object that is small: http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/artistwork.asp?searchText=portrait+miniature&tab=1&recNo=1&woRecNo=0 Web site got transferred over to Marketing and Communications Dept. a couple of years ago so never got to implement this feature for 3-d objects. Maybe in another lifetime. We also provide, when we have them, 3-d views and animations: http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/work.asp?searchText=table+fountain&display=&tab=2&recNo=0&view=more And video or audio if we have them in a tab called "other views" http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/artistwork.asp?searchText=viktor+schreckengost&tab=1&recNo=0&woRecNo=0&view=more For us, the most important element was designing a collections online tool that could accept the kinds of additional rich assets we envisioned making someday---when we all had enough time, money, and manpower. As Daniel Burnham is supposed to have said, "Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized." We can but try. Holly M. Witchey, Ph.D. Director of New Media Initiatives The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Telephone: 216-707-2653 Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org ________________________________________ From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Wythe [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:53 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] a question about digital photography Hello! There are some museum sites out there where scale is included. The Minneapolis Institute of Art's ArtsConnectEd site jumps to mind -- here's an example: http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/85763/4/a-cheap-and-ill-fitting-gorilla-suit (click on the scale tab). Interestingly, they don't include this feature on the Museum's main collections pages. As to 3-dimensionality, I've seen a few VR instances, such as we did with Judy Chicago's Dinner Party: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/webtour/ I don't think it's generally an option due to the high cost. We (and other museums) often provide multiple views, if we have them, such as here: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3583/Head_of_a_King Our curators almost always ask for multiple views when we do new photography, so there's at least a sense of the object from all (or most) sides. Best, Deborah Wythe Head of Digital Collections and Services Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:29:42 -0400 > From: kjones at hds.harvard.edu > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] a question about digital photography > > One of my students would like to know: > > > > Good morning Kathy, > > Do you happen to know who might be dealing with two issues, scale and > 3-dimensionality, when capturing digital imagery of objects for online > museum databases and is anyone at Harvard or MIT researching the > feasibility and technology involved? Are these issues becoming more > current because of museums' attempts to broaden audiences? > > Many thanks, > > Liza > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kathy Jones > > Research Advisor, Masters of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies, Harvard > Extension School > > > > And > > > > Assistant Dean, Information Technology and Media Services > > Harvard Divinity School > > 45 Francis Avenue, Andover Hall G20 > > Cambridge, MA 02138 > > > > 617.495.1969 office, 617.495.0852 fax > > www.hds.harvard.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ _________________________________________________________________ Bing? brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it now. http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MLOGEN&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TXT_MLOGEN_Local_Local_Restaurants_1x1 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
