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Heritage Education: A national model for instilling cultural stewardship
During my National Park Service years, I was privileged to work on a project initiated by Congress to serve as a national model for heritage…
Promote the Heritage of Your Community with Interactive Google Maps Tours
For me, appreciating the heritage of a site is being able to understand the context of its location and where it fits in with its…
Interpretive animations can activate audience connections to history
For me, enjoying a museum visit has always required a leap of imagination. After all, a glass case or a room barrier inherently separates you…
The strategic linchpin: transforming digital tools into an interpretive platform
When you’re identifying what digital interpretive tactics work for your organization, eventually you will find one (or a combination of a few) that achieves a…
A 3D Documentation primer for cultural and historic sites
In the last decade, 3D documentation has emerged as the pre-eminent technology to support heritage preservation around the world. Organizations like UNESCO, the World Monuments Fund and…
GLAM-Wiki use case for cultural heritage institutions
In 2013, I started up the GLAM-Wiki initiative at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide greater access to the organization’s rich store…
Social Media brings connections, lessons in ‘User Studies for Digital Library Development’
Title: User Studies for Digital Library Development Author: Milena Dobreva (Author, Editor), Andy O'Dwyer (Editor), Pierluigi Feliciati (Editor) Genre: Library Information Management and Use Studies…
Knight Foundation makes a digital heritage dream possible
I’ve worked the past 13 years as an advocate for strategic digital initiatives at cultural institutions. Much of that time has been spent building buy-in, seeking resources,…
Oral History: The enthusiast’s guide to getting started
One of the easiest and most enjoyable ways we can all preserve our heritage is through oral histories. Who doesn’t like to have a conversation…
Where Technology Meets Interpretation Workshop Resources
This past week, I had the privilege of co-leading a interpretation workshop focused on technology with Stacey Kutish, digital interpretive strategist at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia….
Augmented reality tactics for heritage interpretation
The ultimate potential digital technology can bring to people visiting historic sites is context — that it deepens the experience of being in the space. Even…
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