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Chris Michaels, Digital Director, The National Gallery, London
Chris Michaels, Digital Director at the National Gallery, discusses digital as an integral part of a museum’s broader strategy and vision, and explains how technology can help connect visitors to the museum objects they encounter in meaningful ways. Acknowledging that there is no perfect map for museum digital strategy, he shares his belief in embedding…
Catherine Shteynberg, Head of Web & Media, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
Catherine “Cat” Shteynberg is the Assistant Director, Curator of Arts & Culture Collections, and Head of Web & Media at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture in Knoxville, Tennessee. During our conversation on October 19, 2017, many of the topics we discussed returned to two themes: audience research and prioritizing resources. Ms. Shteynberg…
Sarah Lumbard, Digital Curator, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Sarah Lumbard is the Digital Curator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and has been in her position for about a year. She leads the digital vision, strategy, and operations for the museum. Prior to joining the USHMM, Sarah worked at NPR for nearly five years leading the news giant in content strategy. While…
Jane Alexander, Director of Information Management and Technology for CMA
As Director of Information Management and Technology Services for the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), Jane Alexander was one of the driving forces behind the uber successful Gallery One project and ArtLens mobile app. Both of these efforts have transformed the CMA into one of the most engaging cultural institutions around the world. We were…
Rebecca Federman, Electronic Resources Coordinator and Culinary Collections Librarian, New York Public Library
Rebecca is co-curator of the “What’s On the Menu?” project, a website that invites audiences to transcribe the New York Public Library’s menu collection and build a seriously awesome culinary resource. Rebecca spoke with us about crowdsourcing and described the many ways visitors use the website called “What’s On the Menu?” Rebecca has always…