Story Drop

Museum tales

go to town

Kevin Bacon

Digital Development Officer@fauxoegrafik

Innovation

Co-productionWorld Stories gallery, Blogger in Residence, Murder in the Manor etc.

Engagement ElsewhereDr Brighton’s War, Micro-museums, syndication etc.

Micro-museumsBlogger in

Residence World Stories

What is it?

• Location based ‘treasure hunt’

app

• Free download for iOS and

Android devices

• Developed by Surface

Impression

• Not that original...

• Driven by CMS for both curatorial

and community content

{Pick a tour}

{Unlock}

• Originally developed for Digital

R&D application in 2011

• Funded through Major Partner

Museum bid 2012

• Soft launched at 2013 Brighton

Digital Festival

• Promotion paused until

accompanying Dr Brighton’s War

exhibition, July 2014

Does it work?

1. England is a wet country

Dominic Alves, Flickr CC BY

2. Confusion

Great idea, but...

by HuwBrighton

I love the idea of this app, but I can't

work out how to use it, which is

really frustrating because I’m sure

it's great when you know how.

[App Store review]

Where’s

my GPS?

I have to

walk there?

Yes, I’ll have

to look at it

one day...

My battery

is running

low!

How do I

unlock it?

Sod that,

it’s

raining.

I want to

do a tour

for it!

This will go

with my

exhibition!

This can

support my

funding bid!

I like the

idea...

{A Bloody Big Button}

Where now?

• New model of guiding, not demanding

• Focus on the stories

• What was designed as a digital experience

has become a publishing platform...

• But will it find an audience?

Thank you!

kevin.bacon@brighton-hove.gov.uk

@fauxtoegrafik

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