The Museums Computer Group held its annual UK Museums on the Web conference at the British Museum on 26 October 2015. Our theme for UKMW15 was ‘Bridging Gaps, Making Connections’. Networking at MCG annual conference 2015 “Bridging gaps, Making connections” at the British Museum UKMW15 looked at how Digital technology is everywhere in museums today, […]
This event is now over. Catch up with #MCGInnovation as it happened. 14 May 2015, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge Join us to hear about how innovation has shaped museums’ digital exploration, and what future innovations might look like. Find our what other people are up to and take away some inspiring, […]
– Proposals due by Sunday 15 March 2015 – We are inviting proposals for sessions at the MCG Spring Meeting: ‘Innovation’: the Emperor’s new clothes? will be held on 14 May 2015 at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge. Why are some projects described as ‘innovative’ while others aren’t? Have you ever been aware […]
As part of this year’s MCG:UKMW14 ‘Museums beyond the Web’, we asked guest bloggers to cover the day and share their impressions of our lineup of speakers. In this post, our first blogger, Kasia Kwiatkowska looks at a day that covered Google Glass, low-cost mobile tours, the ‘post-digital museum’ and more. “Every screen is a touchscreen, […]
As part of this year’s MCG:UKMW14 ‘Museums beyond the Web’, we asked guest bloggers to cover the day and share their impressions of our lineup of speakers. In this post, blogger Holly Parsons reports back on a day that considered the relative pace of change in both technology and museums. The tenth annual Museums Computer […]
MCG’s sold out UKMW14 ‘Museums beyond the web‘ was held at the Natural History Museum in London on Friday 7 November 2014. Don’t miss out on future events – sign up for our low-traffic events information list. UKMW14 presentations online Watch the ‘Museums beyond the web’ presentations online UKMW14 event reports Jessica Suess’ Museums Beyond […]
Annual General Meeting 2014 7 November 2014, Natural History Museum Welcome The Chair (Mia Ridge) thanked everyone for attending and for joining the AGM over lunch. The AGM was declared open. Apologies for Absence Apologies were sent from Committee Members who could not attend: Johanna Perez Strand Marianne Hardy Irida Ntalla Minutes The minutes for […]
Update: these changes were accepted at the 2014 MCG AGM. In this post we propose a change to the Museums Computer Group (MCG)’s Constitution to clarify the current use of the term ‘audit’ and update the language of the Constitution to match past MCG practice. Background While organising the 2013 accounts for the 2014 MCG […]
Interested in joining the MCG Committee? Nominations are open until midday on Thursday November 6, 2014 – head to our call for MCG Committee members for more information. Ivan Teage Ivan manages the Digital Development team at the Natural History Museum, London, delivering key projects and introducing new technologies and processes to build digital strengths […]
Please join MCG Committee members, speakers and others for a pre-UKMW14 conference ‘Drinking About Museums’ aboard The Tattershall Castle, a fantastic paddle steamer bar moored just off Embankment Bridge with a great view of the London Eye and the Thames. This will be a great opportunity to enjoy a drink and informally network with colleagues […]