The Power of Flickr Commons Nicole Cama/@MuseumMinxAustralian National Maritime Museum

Oh yeah!

It’s all about the power of

Flickr!

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

UK Museums on the Web, 2013

Penny Hyde and Nicole Cama, Pirate Curators YARRRRGGGGHH!

Also known as @PennyEdwell & @MuseumMinx

@anmmuseum

Pretending I know how to use a sextant

@anmmuseum

And look, it’s the Black Pearl!

Well no not really, it’s HMB Endeavour replica

Photograph by Andrew Frolows, ANMM

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

“Gotta love this armchair archaeology”

beachcomberaustralia

This is a very fashionable lady…but who on earth is she?

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

And then…a breakthrough!

Hera by George Lambert, 1924 National Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneFelton bequest 1925

Nicole Cama, Mystery lady identified: A glass-plate negative on Flickr Commons, Signals 102 (Mar-May 2013): 18-19

A Japanese flapper? Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

A cabaret dancer...wtf?!

Peggy mashup!pennylrichardsca

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

Same photograph published in The Australian Women’s Weekly in October 1936, after Brian Abbot’s disappearance.

Discovery made possible thanks to the National Library of Australia’s search engine Trove! Full story here.

I have to say as one living in the UK I like the freedom of information you have in Australia. Over here every old photograph seems to be locked into some form of copyright, and it is impossible to look at old newspapers on the web without paying through a third party, so good on Trove.

Anonymous

Brian Abbot just about to set sail for the last time.

Courtesy of National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.

Clips of film Mystery Island available online at Australian Screen

WARNING: it’s a really bad film!

William Hall, ANMM Collection

ANMM Collection Gift from Graeme Andrews

Check out the full set of William Hall photographs of Myra Too on Flickr Commons

William Hall, ANMM Collection

“Engagement is about designing projects that turn occasional passers-by into enthusiasts willing to go that extra mile for you. Engagement is done, usually, within the safety of your institution’s building, website or social media presence.

Outreach is about designing strategies that reach people wholly unknown to you and connect them with your institution … Outreach is done, usually, outside of the comfort zone of your institution’s building, website or social media presence.”

Jasper Visser, Engagement and Outreach, 9 April 2012

• 2011 - between 6,000 to 10,000 views per month

Whoa?! That’s a lot

of views• September 2013 alone, we hit almost

900,000 views

• More than 4 million views since we joined in December 2008.

About 3 million of those views were achieved from February 2012 to the present.

William Hall, ANMM Collection

• The lovely Hera Roberts remains our highest viewed photograph to date, at over 13,000 views

What brings you back to Flickr Commons each day? A word from the ‘super sleuths’

“…there's not much interesting on TV!” beachcomberaustralia

“…interaction with institutions like yours” pellethepoet

“I think I read too many detective stories when I was a kid. I like the challenge of trying to discover when and where and even why a photo was taken, who the people might be.” quasymody

A few thoughts…

We share commonalities

ANMM Collection, Gift from Michael Williams

We are all in the same boat…so why not share?

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

Don’t underestimate

the oldies!

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

You never know who will use your

collection

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

Or how!

pennylrichardsca

Power to the People!

Samuel J Hood Studio, ANMM Collection

THANK YOU!

Check out our Flickr Commons photostream for more gems like this one!

William Hall, ANMM Collection