Museums 2.0: What Happens When Great Art Meets New Media?

I think Dr. Martin Luther King Jr phrased it well here, "Truth is neither found in the thesis, nor antithesis­, but in an emergent synthesis that reconciles the two".



The way forward is experiment­ation. Modernity demands modern methods, most of which tend to be experiment­al, even accidental­. There is a generation of potential museum attendees who may not subscribe to their parents methods, which include physical attendance­. What this group might want is something akin to their wired, social networks. Why not try such?



Museums catalogue changes in time and societies. Experiment­ing with new media can form part of such knowledge for the future. A key tool for future use will be to instil curiosity about the whole museum experience in the upcoming generation­s. There is a window now and social media (on behalf of new media) can play a very big part in snaring their fleeting attention.



At the end of the day, no one ever discovered new grounds without having courage to lose sight of the shore.
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