Project lead “Transfer of Knowledge” at SHMH (Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg / Historic Museums Hamburg Foundation), Germany
Dr. Elisabeth Böhm works as projectlead for the Historic Museums Hamburg Foundation. It’s her task to build up a digital knowledge management system connecting several museums and digital infrastructure for workflows in order to share and communicate content throughout the foundation. The project “Transfer of Knowledge” established smaller, scalable projects based in three of the museums in order to implement new formats combining digital and analogue spheres. These projects gave impulses on how to expand the database in order to transform it into a knowledge-hub containing manifold information on objects, exhibitions, projects, research and restauration besides the history of Hamburg, its citizens and society.
Elisabeth Böhm is member of the Europeana Network Association, ICOM and Deutscher Museumsbund. She contributed to several conferences on topics concerning knowledge management in museums, digital infrastructure and becoming a more digital museum by implementing scalable projects. She is focussing on interoperability and exchange of information and data and looks beyond the collection only to reach audiences with cultural heritage.
Elisabeth Böhm published online on topics concerning her project and on cultural heritage in broader contexts including narrativity and multi-layered communications. Before joining the Historic Museums Hamburg Foundation she has been working as assistant curator at Weserburg | Museum für modern Kunst in Bremen. Her interests beyond making the GLAM-sector more digital combine cooking, opera and yoga.
Session: More than online collections – digital projects in museums
As many museums develop digital strategies and present their collections online other cultural heritage organizations struggle to find financial and technical means in order to become more digital.
This paper presents thoughts and experiences on the way to develop a wider range of digital projects within one organization in order to communicate better with audiences by bridging gaps between digital and analogue. By implementing scalable projects, the path towards a digital organization becomes more viable.
Learning outcomes:
- Broaden their understanding of digitalization
- Gain insights on creative projects
- Develop ideas combining digital and analogue spheres
- Feel encouraged to work more digital
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