This document discusses mobile trends in art museums, including tablet use and optimized museum websites. It also discusses new learning apps and programs using tablets, 3D printing, MOOCs, and participatory outreach. Specific examples are given of museums using iPads for audio stories, 3D printing for learning and access, and MOOCs growing in popularity. Touch interaction and gamification are also mentioned as emerging technologies.

1. #mw2013
Portland, Oregon
We put birds on things.

2. Mobile
trends
Android versus iOS:
Varies depending on institution
• Meridian at Smithsonian 50/50
• MOMA 90/10
• V&A 80/20
Tablet use increases
dramatically after holidays.
People surf on tablets
while watching TV.
Rijksmuseum website re-
launch. Optimised for
tablets.

3. New learning apps
Romare Bearden
http://vimeo.com/56518870

4. MOMA Art Lab
http://vimeo.com/43976709

5. Exploratorium Colours and Sounds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmhJqJEgrPI

6. Learning
programmes
Participatory outreach
with tablets and generic app
3D printing
MOOCS

7. Object Stories
Portland Art Museum
Outreach in schools with
iPad app that records audio
stories about family photos.
Easy to publish to web, kiosks.
3D printing
New Mexico Highlands, ARTIC
Learning potential of 3D
printing. Facilitates
comparisons with
original.
MOOCS
Massively Open Online
Courses becoming
increasingly popular.
Carrie Mae Weems,
Portland Art Museum

8. 3D printing and learning
Reduces costs of replicas to
increase and facilitate access
Encourages productive
comparisons between replica
and original
(e.g., visual, texture)
Calls attention to materials
Reveals tool chain of
obscure/expensive design &
tech manufacturing processes
Staples to launch on-demand
paper printing in Europe

9. Two types of MOOCS
X-MOOC
Instructor led, limited time, moderated
discussion
C-MOOC
Community led, unlimited time, organic
discussion

10. Gaming versus
gamification
Dallas Art Museum
membership scheme
encourages positive
learning behaviour
Need not be digital:
SFMOMA Art Game Lab
Money and funding
available
University Campus Suffolk
collaboration
Art Game
SFMOMA

11. Touch and
gesture
Screen-based interactives and
apps based on successful
analogue activities and models
at Cleveland Museum of Art’s
Gallery One.
Depth cameras and
physical buttons used by
Second Story for
Emerging Issues exhibit.
NFC and AR are up and
coming technologies on
NMC Horizon Museum
Report.

12. Gallery One
Cleveland Museum of Art
http://vimeo.com/60866006

13. #mw2014
Baltimore, Maryland