Musée Olympique in Lausanne – best museum driveway!

In April 2015 I traveled to Switzerland for MuseumNext in Geneva.

It was a great opportunity to catch up on new products, new experiences, new museums etc.
It was also very good to see many familiar faces, to catch up with old friends and former colleagues, and to put a face on some people I only knew via their publications or twitter handles.

MuseumHacks made a strong impression with the funniest presentation of the conference. It was actually more like stand-up comedy than anything and made other museum professionals look like dusty academics…

It’s quite interesting that what they’re selling doesn’t involve any technology: real flesh and blood museum guides!

Storytelling, as in: a good story, of course, but a good story well told.

Another good reminder from Nick Gray’s talk:

“Museums are competing with movie theatres, netflix, people have to be entertained before they can be educated.”

 

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Musée d’Art et d’Histoire

Google class! Hum… Here am I, skeptical about Google Glass audio guides.

And on this one I’m just jumping out of a trench during WWI! Indeed.
Impressive POV video, yet not very interactive.