Museums and the UK future space Suzanne Keene The Science Museum, London .

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Museums and the UK future space

Suzanne Keene

The Science Museum, London

http://www.SuzanneKeene.net

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Introduction

Shaping the future space Museums in the future space Conclusions

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The emerging space

Political Economic Social Technical Organisational

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The political space

UK government supports infosociety

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The economic space

Capital investment from government ? income to sustain digital assets

The quarry (for commercial publishers)

The cooperative (AMICO, SCRAN)

Licensing (as individual picture libraries etc)

Charging (emerging e-charging mechanisms)

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The social space

Internet spread UK a lead country

Access and museum users tend to have internet access

Information rich / information poor?

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The technical space

Broad band not natural for museums?

Digital TV perhaps allows interaction

Integration of databases and webhighly significant in making catalogue material interesting

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The organisational space

DNER

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Converging content

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Converging networks

DNER

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The politics of funding

We will give you money …

£50m

£252m

LEARNING CENTRES

£19m

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… and we want many dimensions

Academic

authority

Informationprovision

andalsoandalso

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Museum dimensions Populist infotainment

Science museums Academic authority

National Maritime Museum: Journal of Maritime Research; PORT

Interactive participationScience Museum, STEM

Information provisionNatural History Museum, Earthlab Datasite

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Conclusions

Permanent evolution Pressing issues: targeted funding;

permanent preservation; sustainability Changing the perspective

Interaction and participation

and the future ...

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Towards the future

•All our imagination holds!

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Contact detailsDr Suzanne Keene

Head of Collections Management

Science Museum, LondonExhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD

[email protected]

http://www.SuzanneKeene.net