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

[Dirk Neumann]

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://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
>
>
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