Preserving Flickr and Other Sites of Interest to Museums

April 12, 2012 · San Diego, CA

The digital turn, whether it be in photography, motion pictures, literature or other persuits, has forever changed the ways and means by which museums collect, interpret and dessiminate objects.  Historically, museums have dealt primarily with objects that, in some way, are intuitiviely graspable from observation.  Arrowheads are pointy, photographs are plainly seen, and writing read (with varying degrees of difficulty).