Explore how English Heritage’s Kenwood House uses the no-code platform Shorthand to bring Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait with Two Circles to life through visual storytelling and interactive design.
Explore no-code digital storytelling with Hoover’s ‘Fanning the Flames’ exhibit. See how interactive tools (Deep Zoom, Color Compare & Hot Spot) enhance user engagement and the visual experience.
Discover how museums use scrollytelling and digital storytelling platforms to create immersive narratives. This introduction explores key concepts and approaches to interactive storytelling.
Discover how self-determinate multiple pathways offer flexible, interactive storytelling in museum exhibits. Learn from the Tenement Museum’s ‘Your Story, Our Story.’
Self-determinate characteristics on a linear pathway go beyond brief sidebar topics and instead offer alternative ways to navigate the linear pathway.
Rachael Woody emphasizes that storytelling is key to engaging audiences with collections. One effective approach? The prescriptive linear pathway—a simple yet powerful method for guiding visitors through digital exhibits.
Digital exhibits provide powerful ways to engage audiences, but choosing the right story pathway is key. Explore how different exhibit structures—linear vs. multi-pathway—shape the visitor journey.
Explore how museums can enhance storytelling with multimedia players, using audio-visual materials and archival content to create engaging digital narratives.
Museums thrive on storytelling, and the right digital tools can make all the difference. Slideshows and flipbooks offer an engaging way to showcase collections, drawing visitors in with dynamic visuals and interactive elements.
Visual tools such as zoom are crowd pleasers when presenting visual content online, allowing museums to create immersive and engaging digital experiences.
A museum’s Collections Management System (CMS) is more than just a catalog—it can also serve as a foundation for digital storytelling. By leveraging the rich object data and images already housed in the CMS, museum professionals can experiment with new ways to craft compelling narratives. In this article, Rachael Cristine Woody explores how different types of digital surrogates can bring museum collections to life online.
When the physical exhibit was forced to close prematurely, NGS pivoted to a fully online, digital exhibition. What resulted is a masterclass in digital storytelling, utilizing a multi-pathway structure and a variety of storytelling performance types.
Exhibit design has long been a cornerstone of storytelling, crafting immersive, sensory-rich experiences within museum walls. But when the story moves beyond the physical space, how can the principles of exhibit design thrive in a digital realm?
