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Many museums and other cultural institutions offer online exhibitions on a regular basis and there is even a considerable amount of research literature describing the venture of creating exhibitions in the digital world of the Internet. Nevertheless, there are some popular rules of thumb which will result in really bad online-exhibitions.
The presentation describes the major pitfalls that should be avoided in creating online exhibitions. It is based on a literature review containing a wide range of studies and projects in the museum field. Outline Research on online exhibitions Some rules of thumb for creating online exhibitions Why these rules of thumb do not work Conclusions.
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Many museums want to use Web 2.0 applications or feel the pressure to do so. In doing so, they might encounter a significant problem as Web 2.0 is based on the notion of radical trust and unrestricted, equal participation, two concepts that are contrary to the museum’s traditional concepts of authority, communication and participation because until recently this institution used to be in total control of its content. The crucial question is how much control of its content the museum can afford to lose regarding the fact that it highly depends on its reputation and has to justify its trustworthiness.
The paper analyses the role of authority, its influence on traditional and future museum communication and its effects on participation and trust. The challenge for the museum is to find a way to cede authority and control over content without losing its status as a trustworthy institution and to open up for social media and user participation in order to attract new audiences and maintain existing ones.