Some interesting insights on financial aspects of digital content came from Francesca die Nuzzo from Baker Richards: Art lovers are willing to pay more because they tend to have higher incomes. The willingness to pay also depends on day and time and different audiences have a different willingness to pay. Psychologically it is helpful to […]
Culture Geek Conference 2021, day 3 Weiterlesen »
Switzerland normally isn’t exactly cutting edge when it comes to cultural trends. However this isn’t only for the bad. It seems that Switzerland so far has withstood the trend of severe austerity measures in the arts & culture secture that countries like Denmark (-2% per year!), the Netherlands and the U.K. have seen over the
Do we still need to talk about digitizing the museum? Weiterlesen »
This very focussed one-day event by the organizers of MuseumNext was called MuseumTech but it was actually much more than the geeky tech event one might have expected. In a time when the digital becomes ever more ubiquitous, for museums, questions about technology become intertwined with strategic aims, topics such as outreach and accessibility as
MuseumTech at the Jewish Museum Berlin, 30 Nov 2017 Weiterlesen »
Any links between the fictional character Harry Potter and the charismatic German artist Joseph Beuys seem extremely farfetched if not for Schloss Moyland with its neo-gothic facade. It hosts the biggest collection of the work of Beuys but could easily be mistaken as Hogwarts, where the young student of wizardry (Harry Potter, not Beuys) had
Joseph Beuys meets Harry Potter and Crumpy Cat Weiterlesen »
Probably the most important European conference on future developments in the museum sector: „The 2015 edition of MuseumNext will take place in the Swiss city of Geneva between 19 – 21 April 2015. MuseumNext Geneva will serve as a platform to discuss what’s next for all aspects of the museum, including architecture, exhibitions, technology, skills, collections, conservation,
MuseumNext Conference 2015 in Geneva/Switzerland (19.–21. of April) Weiterlesen »