1. Museums between heaven and earth Current trends – future realities Seminar Muuseumi Piirid 24-25 Septembril 2007 Narva

2. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy” William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act I, Scene 5, v. 166-167)

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

4. Sustainability Sustainability involves change This change may be radical

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

6. Sustainability Re-thinking parameters and paradigms

7. basic parameters

8. conceptualising the museum

10. parameter: institution

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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.)

17. basic parameters

18. basic parameter: society

19. basic parameter: functions

20. Kathy Gee 1995

22. “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

23. basic parameter: heritage

24. Kathy Gee 1995

25. Musée de Civilisation, Québec (Canada)

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

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

32. Conference “Limits to growth” (Amsterdam, 29-30 Nov. 1999)

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

35. collection development Concerns: historicity of collection interpretation of collection items

41. collection development Solutions: artist interventions Web 2.0 cultural biography networking

43. Web 2.0 User generated content Wikipedia Flickr YouTube Second Life

44. Web 2.0 access representation participation

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

46. cultural biography “Locative narrative”

47. Rene Rivard 1984

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

54. Kathy Gee 1995