Art, science/technology and history museums on the web. (2nd September 2008)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fotakis, Thomas; Economides, Anastasios A.
• Is Part Of: International journal of digital culture and electronic tourism. Volume 1:Number 1(2008)
• Page Start: 37
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2008-09-02
• Subjects: art museums -- criteria -- website evaluation -- history museums -- museum websites -- science museums -- technology museums -- quality -- internet -- web portals -- digital culture; Digital communications -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Information society -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Technology -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 303.483405
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-5212

Abstract

A framework for evaluating museums' websites is presented. This framework is applied to evaluate 210 museums' websites (70 art, 70 science/technology, and 70 history museums) worldwide. The evaluation results show that all three museums' categories present websites that stay at a satisfying, yet not exceptional, level. Science museums' sites lead the list, with art museums' sites following closely and history museums' sites coming in next. Almost all sites outperformed with respect to technical characteristics. However, many sites present inefficiencies regarding Interactivity and Feedback. Finally, suggestions for improvements are made.