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43 Museum Web Sites and Digital Collections

David Bearman and Jennifer Trant

CONTENTS

History of Museums on the Web

Early Cultural Web Experiments

Early Museum Web Sites

Museum Programs Online

Online Museum Exhibitions

Social Experiences

Virtual Experiences

Searchable Collections

Collecting and Preserving

Impact on Museums

Sectoral Identity: The Museum Domain

Staffing and Resource Allocation

Business Models

Issues Facing Museums Online

INTRODUCTION

The World Wide Web (the Web) has provided an easy way for museums to reach their many audiences, publishing ...

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