Discover how self-determinate multiple pathways offer flexible, interactive storytelling in museum exhibits. Learn from the Tenement Museum’s ‘Your Story, Our Story.’

Discover how self-determinate multiple pathways offer flexible, interactive storytelling in museum exhibits. Learn from the Tenement Museum’s ‘Your Story, Our Story.’
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?
Details of the five things to look for when assessing a fit between a funding opportunity and your CMS project.
Grant applications often require in-depth project details; expert’s list of application information that makes a museum CMS project attractive
Funders look for a compelling story, proof of concept, clearly defined activities and costs, what else you’ve done, and reference to best practices
The number of grants that cover museum CMS work with access as the goal is increasing; what CMS work can you describe as a discrete project?
WCAG Version 2.1 Principles 3 and 4: Understandable and Robust; guidance for easily readable content and access to assets via the museum CMS
Compliance with WCAG Version 2.1 Principle 2: Operable
Compliance with WCAG Version 2.1 Principle 1: Perceivable, affecting information published from museum CMS to an online portal; expert guidance
A museum’s compliance with the ADA Title II 2024 update has benefits for its online content and for the museum’s community of users.
Digital Twins is the construction of a digital surrogate for a person, place, or thing—one of several new concepts and trends in the museum sector.