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Where Rodin meets Napster or what is the potential of 3D-printing for museums visitors and art fans.

Here are some reflections from people using 3D for real in museums. They are from two great pre-conference workshops at Museums and the Web 2013 in Portland.

Adopting design thinking means starting small, truly listening to visitors, and taking an open-minded attitude towards colleagues and their ideas.

Museomix is quite a tremendous experience, meaning that by the end of it you are litteraly shaking and exhausted. But with marvel in the eyes and only wanting to go on working with your team on that godamned unfinished prototype.

Omni-spatial Visualization for Large Scale Heterogeneous Datasets.

Museums are able to increase visitor engagement and event visibility through photo sharing, as our work with the Royal Ontario Museum has demonstrated. On sharypic photos are collected via a hashtag or geolocation from all the major photo sharing apps, such as Instagram and Twitter.

Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europes museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. It promotes discovery and networking opportunities where users can engage, share in and be inspired by the rich diversity of Europes cultural and scientific heritage.

Does this mean Khan Academy is competitive with museums? Maybe. More importantly, it means that we should be looking to their model to push ourselves in how we think about delivering the most engaging, powerful content possible.

I am interested in the idea of taking art (or museum shows/collections) out of the realm of ‘institution’ and into the hands of the individual, one does not need a formal space to put things in, in order for it to be valid.

The 2nd International Conference “Museums in Education. From Action to Reflection” will analyse the present and future of education in Museums and Art Centres.