The platform encourages the development of virtual exhibits, containing an extensive list of descriptive metadata fields for describing digital assets.
Sites www.poetspath.com The Museum of American Poetics, with contemporary poetry, virtual exhibits, video of a lecture series and of several performances, and links.
The wing's architect, Richard MacCormac, refers to it as a "theatre of science" able to respond quickly to scene changes and new productions.What about virtual exhibits?
The virtual exhibits at the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the Royal Tyrrell Museum have enough information to keep students busy for a long time.
By accessing the museum's collections on a computer, visitors will be able to curate virtual exhibits of their favorite artworks and historical objects, projecting images of their selections on the center's walls.
Student assistants create online web pages, virtual exhibits, digital film clips and podcasts, produce outreach materials (brochures, posters, flyers, bookmarks, etc)., assist with exhibits, and help orchestrate special events.
Ms. Bekman is aware of the inherent limitations of virtual exhibits, and she said most buyers know what anyone who has met an "intelligent, fit supermodel" through an online dating site or purchased an "authentic Chanel handbag" on E-bay can tell you: what you see on the Internet isn't necessarily what you get.
There, they can see virtual exhibits of our past shows, including "Big Buildings," the history of skyscrapers that were not just the tallest in their day but the largest in terms of interior space, a category that distinguished the World Trade Center complex until Sept. 11.
The latter has clearly spent a lot of money, but its Web site never seems to go beyond ushering passive viewers through static virtual exhibits.Where the Web promises really to excel is in breaking down the barriers between objects and information, paintings and writings and all of the other categories created for curatorial convenience rather than for simple understanding.
