Story Drop -- Museum Tales go to Town
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Story Drop Museum tales go to town Kevin Bacon Digital Development Officer @fauxoegrafik
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An introduction to the Royal Pavilion and Museums' Story Drop app, the problems encountered in its development, and its use as a platform for community content. Contains several weary references to British weather. Talk given at Museum Next 2014 conference in Newcastle, UK, on 19 June.
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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!
@fauxtoegrafik
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