Tag Archives: kiosk

BklynMuse: Going Mobile with a Gallery Guide Powered by People

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

Ever wish you could remix the gallery experience?  When I walk into a museum I enjoy the structure—the information given, which objects have been placed where, the specific sequence in which the space has been designed—but I will admit, there … Continue reading…

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Kiosks in Museums: Win, Lose or Draw?

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the issue of technology in museums and asked if tech engages or distracts.  The post mainly served to open the question and the responses we received from visitors and museum colleagues were quite … Continue reading…

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Wrapping Up YouTube Quick Capture for Community Voices

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

This is a follow-up report to my earlier post about utilizing YouTube Quick Capture to create a community voices component for The Black List Project.  The exhibition closed yesterday, so the time seemed right to post an analysis of the … Continue reading…

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Utilizing YouTube Quick Capture for Community Voices

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

The Black List Project just opened last week and our education staff really wanted to include visitor response as part of the exhibition. Typically, we do this with our electronic comment books which have been working well for us, but … Continue reading…

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iPod Touch for use in the Gallery

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

So, the idea was pretty simple: the curators of Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection wanted our visitors to hear directly from the artists in the exhibition, so we set out to create a series of videos … Continue reading…

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Video Competition Lessons Learned

Posted on November 7, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Lessons learned post about the Visitor Video Competition for all the colleagues out there who might be thinking of doing something similar.

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Let’s Hear It: Part II

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Nicole Caruth

Just what are “interpretive materials”? I’m often asked this question and usually have a hard time reducing my answer to one or even five things, as interpretive materials change with time and vary from one exhibition to the next. For … Continue reading…

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Let’s hear it…

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Screenshot from the Infinite Island comment kiosks. In preparation for the opening of Infinite Island this Friday, we’ve just finished installing our comment kiosks. For this exhibition, we developed a couple of new components. Now, our visitors can give us … Continue reading…

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Kiosk Hardware

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Kiosk with custom casing installed in Luce Visible Storage. Over the past several months, colleagues have been asking what kind of hardware is in use in our kiosk installations. After posting about the Firefox kiosk upgrade, hardware specifics seemed like … Continue reading…

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Open Kiosk: Firefox 2 Version Now Available

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

If you’ve ever had to install a kiosk in a public place, you probably know how frustrating it can be. The interface has to be locked down as securely as possible, but the kiosk must still run the intended application … Continue reading…

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