Museums that act like startups: An Interview with Amy Heibel

Back in August, we launched a blog series to explore the innovative mindsets and methods that museums embrace that resemble startups and technology companies. Today we bring you our conversation with Amy Heibel, VP of Technology, Web and Digital Media at LACMA.

Fairfield University Art Museum Launches New Mobile App

Cuseum is excited to launch a new mobile app with the Fairfield University Art Museum. This special collaboration further proves that museums of every shape, size, and budget can enjoy the benefits of digital for their visitors.

MoMA and the exciting possibilities with museum metadata

The Museum of Modern Art in New York uploaded collection data from nearly 124,000 artworks to GitHub, a code-sharing and Git repository hosting service, in July with less than expected fanfare. It’s not the first time a museum has given the public access to this type of information, and MoMA’s release isn’t the most extensive.

Cuseum loves Communicating The Museum

At Cuseum, we love museums and the community of creative and passionate people driving them forward. We recently headed to Istanbul for Communicating The Museum. With more than 300 attendees from all around the world, more than 30 talks and workshops, and the beautiful city of Istanbul as a backdrop - it’s safe to say that we left inspired and energized!

Sneakers, relevance and 5 questions for a museum curator

Here at Cuseum, we think a lot about relevance and the future of museums. We’re constantly on the lookout for examples of museums using new technology, creating exhibits to attract younger patrons, or finding other ways to enhance the visitor experience.

Museums that act like startups: An Interview with Douglas Hegley

This week we’re kicking off a series called “Museums that act like startups.” Museums are helping lead the way in figuring out how we can all benefit from technological innovations and in this series we’ll speak with museum professionals whose inspiring work is changing the way we experience art. 

Google Introduces Eddystone (and What That Means for Museums)

Last week Google introduced a delightful surprise with Eddystone. Why is this so exciting? It’s another step in the right direction for beacons. Eddystone is “platform agnostic” meaning it will allow us to seamlessly use Bluetooth beacon technology across iOS and Android. It will even enable us to better integrate beacon technology across iPhone user’s Google apps like Maps and Chrome. Estimote, whom we partner with, “announced support for Eddystone from day one” and Kontakt, another great beacon provider we use, supports Eddystone as well.

Recapping Our Favorite TrendsWatch 2015 Topics

We’ve been road-tripping and storytelling and celebrating summer. Yet its also already over halfway through 2015 (we know, right?!). Summer is always good for embracing nostalgia. Where have we been? Where are we heading? With these questions in mind we revisited the Center for the Future of Museums TrendsWatch 2015 report this week. The report, released earlier this year, is one of the museum field’s greatest resources. It’s a fascinated touchstone for those of us imaging the future.

Cursors for the Physical World

Ah, the age of mobile. Just a few months ago Google changed its algorithm to prioritize mobile-friendly websites but most of us have felt the growing importance of smartphones for awhile now (the “where’s my phone?!” panics and multiple apps we rely on to stay in touch, be in the know, and get from point a to b, for example).  

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