[Nhcoll-l] Visualizing collections for online public viewing?

Mon Feb 21 09:03:11 EST 2022

Hi Genevieve et al.,

Here at Indiana University, we’ve been making virtual tours of our collections spaces available for a while, but we’ve recently begun experimenting with adding more collections objects-related content into the Matterport scanned space. Take a look at some of our relevant examples, below, or a gallery of all of our virtual tours here <https://showcase.avl.iu.edu/projects>  (search for “Matterport”).

The IU Bicentennial Bus traveling exhibit <https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=L4VL15Qoh2e>  (lots of linked content for individual objects, including Sketchfab embeds)

The IU Paleontology Collection <https://my.matterport.com/models/4FXijnxaBcJ?section=media> 

The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies <https://my.matterport.com/models/2ds5iarQnk3?section=media> 

…or even, virtual walking tours of our historic limestone architecture <https://matmerce.pages.iu.edu/CampusLimestoneTour/index.html>  on campus!

Enjoy and feel free to contact me off-list with any questions. 

Cheers,

Gary

______________________________ 

Gary Motz

Information Technology Manager
Informatics | Data | Cyberinfrastructure
University Collections ~ collections.iu.edu 

525 N. Indiana Avenue Rm. 004  |  812-856-0457  |  <mailto:garymotz at iu.edu> garymotz at iu.edu
McCalla Collections, Teaching, Research, and Education Center

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Randall, Zachary
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 2:22 PM
To: Lennart Lennuk <Lennart.Lennuk at loodusmuuseum.ee>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Visualizing collections for online public viewing?

Hi Genevieve,

Another excellent platform for visualizing collections which I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Sketchfab. You can easily host your 3D objects on this site and link to most virtual galleries/museum sites. It’s very accessible and user friendly. 

We’re big fans of it here at the Florida Museum. Here’s an example of our growing photogrammetry collection: https://sketchfab.com/FloridaMuseum

Best,

Zach

-- 

Zachary S. Randall

Digital Imaging Manager 

Florida Museum of Natural History 

1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 

(352) 273-1958 |  <mailto:zrandall at flmnh.ufl.edu> zrandall at flmnh.ufl.edu    

 <https://zachrandall.weebly.com/> https://zachrandall.weebly.com/

 <http://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/digital-lab/> www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/digital-lab/

 <https://sketchfab.com/FloridaMuseum> https://sketchfab.com/FloridaMuseum

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu <mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> > On Behalf Of Lennart Lennuk
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2022 9:38 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu> 
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Visualizing collections for online public viewing?

[External Email] 

Hi Genevieve,

I would reccomend to look into Yale Peabody Museum explore at home and Smithsonian 3D digitization:

 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__peabody.yale.edu_at-2Dhome&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=KQpZ8Ip442vq3jhYS5DwwT_o4TZlf-aV88m9JjoWWYU&e=> https://peabody.yale.edu/at-home

 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__3d.si.edu_-3Futm-5Fsource-3Dsiedu-26utm-5Fmedium-3Dreferral-26utm-5Fcampaign-3Dpromo&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=b7PMpO5ATLzRD3Mu0ZI4LUzOqvswD6WFre7v6IsoOCk&e=> https://3d.si.edu/?utm_source=siedu&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=promo

Also the featherbase is quite good example where you can take measurements by clkicking „measure feathers“ on the

Bottom of feathersheets.

 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.featherbase.info_&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=cx4n9CmvHonlqNT-fAsx8nOHDssQoIboxw-1F695APM&e=> https://www.featherbase.info/

Best regards,
Lennart Lennuk

From: Nhcoll-l [ <mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 8:51 PM
To:  <mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Visualizing collections for online public viewing?

Hi Genevieve,

in the grand exhibition hall in the National Museum in Edinburgh they have (had?) an very interesting concept to display the specimens: visitors need to match voices with corresponding animals. It was really interesting to see how many people got trapped (=stayed) and engaged.

Might be worth checking if such a concept can be transferred into the virtual space (should be doable); the specimen information would then be a plus, while the trigger to attract the curiosity of the visitors is entirely different from how we usually attract our audience.

There are some similarities with the board game Wingspan: you can learn A LOT about North American bird life, but this information sneaks into the game from behind.

Hope this helps

Dirk

Am 14.02.2022 um 17:55 schrieb Genevieve Anderegg:

Happy Monday everyone, 

I'm doing a project on the visualization of zoology collections for my masters in museum studies, specifically on online public resources for visualizing collections. I'm interested in the intersection of online "collections tours" and database web portals, where a virtual visitor can see interactive visuals of collections objects and the storage space and get specimen information. The example that inspired me is from UAMs Virtual Herbarium Tour ( <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.thinglink.com_scene_1406090479749038081&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=_m--DN7ChqC1MlFUKAj2-24IG4peU8EZwYRcJ3-9VxY&e=> https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1406090479749038081), where you can click on Caryophyllales and then see a visual of the cabinet, and click again to bring up a specific herbarium sheet with information on that specific specimen. I love this example because it gives a feel for the actual collections space and can teach visitors about specific specimens without just linking to a database portal that is not as accessible to the public.

Would anyone happen to have other examples of this kind of collections visualization, or platforms that might be ideal for creating such a product? I'll be doing my project on one cabinet in our collection as a snapshot for the public to see how specimens are stored and accessed. Of course this kind of virtual resource would not be feasible for an entire collection, but I think it's very intriguing and useful for visualizing a specific portion of a collection. 

Thank you!

Genevieve Anderegg

-- 

University of Colorado Boulder

Museum and Field Studies MS

CUMNH Vertebrate Collections, McCain Lab

she/her/hers

612-876-8138

_______________________________________________
Nhcoll-l mailing list
 <mailto:Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mailman.yale.edu_mailman_listinfo_nhcoll-2Dl&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=aBMSQzikjlXglCvgylNQiucMDddf-Figkkleq2CzurI&e=> https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l

_______________________________________________
NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of
Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose
mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of
natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to
society. See  <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.spnhc.org&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=srGs5fnOo81IVDqIHhV7LEm0amPYtV8bXP39Yfs-8nU&e=> http://www.spnhc.org for membership information.
Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate.

-- 

Dirk Neumann

Tel: 089 / 8107-111
Fax: 089 / 8107-300
neumann(a)snsb.de

Postanschrift:

Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Storage
Münchhausenstr. 21
81247 München

Besuchen Sie unsere Sammlung:
 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.zsm.mwn.de_sektion_ichthyologie-2Dhome_&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=BZXfGN9bW5QPUD79tZkiqaaCF_MVlsO-4WFe7Vzp8vw&e=> http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/

---------

Dirk Neumann

Tel: +49-89-8107-111
Fax: +49-89-8107-300
neumann(a)snsb.de

postal address:

Bavarian Natural History Collections
The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Storage
Muenchhausenstr. 21
81247 Munich (Germany)

Visit our section at:
 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.zsm.mwn.de_sektion_ichthyologie-2Dhome_&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=BsjUEaAzErVnOJA4kXSO_g&m=nZkklGjK_vHdsFk_tBbq6jmuF6NZFQ9of4umeqjR2EO6Ddd6NDRMSgkKCvFuJO7y&s=BZXfGN9bW5QPUD79tZkiqaaCF_MVlsO-4WFe7Vzp8vw&e=> http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20220221/ce6ac9f7/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 41708 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20220221/ce6ac9f7/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.png
Type: image/png
Size: 14495 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20220221/ce6ac9f7/attachment.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 6689 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/nhcoll-l/attachments/20220221/ce6ac9f7/attachment.p7s>