Re: [MCN-L] Seeking advice: planning and budgeting for a virtual exhibition

[Matt Morgan]

This is a tough one for a couple reasons:

1) Most browsers right now aren't very willing to play that old Flash 
app, for security reasons. I can't see it. I think this is probably 
happening to a lot of us.


2) You can spend more or less any amount of money on an online 
exhibition component.


The most important component of the cost is the time spent by the people 
you're paying, so the cost depends on a lot of things that don't 
necessarily show on the page. Like, are the artwork metadata and images 
in a database with a pre-existing, well-defined, solid way to get them 
to a web page? Then that's approximately $0 for that part, but if it's 
not already built or won't work right for what you want to do, that part 
may be expensive and you shouldn't skimp on it.


It's lots easier to start with a) a proposed maximum dollar figure, b) 
what you hope to achieve, and c) any pre-existing capabilities, 
requirements and limitations. Then you can talk to people about ways to 
get to (b) for (a) given (c).


One way or another, it's totally fine to reach out directly to potential 
vendors and let them help you figure out the potential cost. There are 
vendors on this list but they are sensitive about jumping into questions 
like this that aren't phrased specifically as "we are seeking proposals 
from vendors." But if you asked "are there any vendors here who'd be 
willing to talk to me about how to phrase my last question better," 
you'll get lots of good contacts and plenty of solid advice.


Is there some other way you can share the example site? I'm guessing a 
Monet retrospective in Paris would be a pretty big deal, so they 
probably spent a lot on it, but I bet they could have done it or 
something like it for a lot less or a lot more (and using future-proof 
tech, i.e. standards-based code).


Best,
Matt


On 1/29/20 4:56 PM, Alexandra Morrison wrote:

Hello all,

New to the Listserv and seeking some advice. I'm an art historian currently
based at a cultural institution in France and helping them develop their
first virtual exhibition project.

The goal is to create a digital accompaniment to a future on-site
installation. At this early stage, we are envisioning something along the
lines of what was created for the Monet retrospective held in Paris in 2010
(for reference: http://www.monet2010.com/fr#/home/).

Would anyone be willing to weigh in on the ballpark timeframe, budget, and
manpower this might require? Would be grateful to be pointed in the right
direction.

Please contact me directly. Many thanks in advance.

All the best,
Alex


Alexandra K. Morrison
Ph.D., Yale University
alexandra.k.morri...@gmail.com
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[MCN-L] Free Webinar: Making a Compelling Case for Funding

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[MCN-L] Seeking person at intersection of statistics and museum collections

[Erin Richardson]

Hi Everyone!

I'm looking for a person who understands museum collections management AND
who is great at stats to occasionally partner with me on client projects
and research/publication.  I CAN do basic stats, but I don't have a lot of
confidence in the appropriateness of my methodology choices or explanatory
abilities. Also, it is an entirely other brain space for me and while I
find it interesting, my lack of expertise ends up costing me a lot of
time/money.

I am doing some research and modelling which is fairly groundbreaking and
definitely publish-able, so ideally this person would be interested in
pursuing some interesting lines of research in applied stats. When this
work is for a client, there is compensation involved. When it is just
experimental, we'd both have to be motivated enough where publication would
be the reward.

If this sounds interesting to you and you have at least some post-graduate
statistics qualifications, I'd love to know what you're about!

Erin.


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