Museums between heaven and earth Current trends – future realities Seminar Muuseumi Piirid Septembril 2007 Narva

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy” William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act I, Scene 5, v )

Sustainability After Gosling 2000 accountability community investment financial sustainability environmental sustainability relevance

Sustainability Sustainability involves change This change may be radical

Sustainability Forces of change (case study Netherlands) object bulimia new heritage Experience Economy Web 2.0 performance measurement cultural pluralism

Sustainability Re-thinking parameters and paradigms

basic parameters

conceptualising the museum

parameter: institution

A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. International Council of Museums

A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. means

A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, and open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, material evidence of people and their environment. purpose

Museums enable people to explore collections for inspiration, learning and enjoyment. They are institutions that collect, safeguard, and make accessible artefacts and specimens, which they hold in trust for society. Museums Association 1998

Our mission is to help people determine their place in the world and define their identities, so enhancing their self-respect and their respect for others. Tynes & Wear Museums, Newcastle (U.K.)

basic parameters

basic parameter: society

basic parameter: functions

Kathy Gee 1995

“Our mission is to help create, and make accessible, a European cultural information landscape as an integral part of the Information Society. Our priority is to stimulate and support cultural memory organisations in research and development actions targeted on the use of state-of-the-art technologies to provide innovative networked services. This means supporting the development of creative technology applications which will open up Europe’s warehouses of cultural content”. Cultural Heritage Applications Unit of the Directorate-General Information Society of the European Community

basic parameter: heritage

Kathy Gee 1995

Musée de Civilisation, Québec (Canada)

MuseumgoudA Municipal Museum Gouda Collection profile: emancipation religions (roman-catholicism – protestantism) workers (workers – artisans – designers – artists) women (female artists)

collection development selection: collecting (accessioning) disposal (de-accessioning)

Conference “Limits to growth” (Amsterdam, Nov. 1999)

collection development “Nothing gets lost” Collection Netherlands - exclusive option - inclusive option

collection development Concerns: historicity of collection interpretation of collection items

collection development Solutions: artist interventions Web 2.0 cultural biography networking

Web 2.0 User generated content Wikipedia Flickr YouTube Second Life

Web 2.0 access representation participation

Web 2.0 virtual museums web rings communities digital co-curatorship social tagging

cultural biography “Locative narrative”

Rene Rivard 1984

networking museums – archives – libraries ex situ – in situ professional collectors – private collectors professionals – “source communities”

Kathy Gee 1995