Introduction to
Online Exhibitions
Liz Selby
Jewish Museum London
AEJM Conference, 20 and 22 November 2011
Why produce a virtual exhibition?
• Highlights your collection to remote users around
the world
• Puts your collection into historical context
• Opportunity to display items not usually on display,
for a variety of reasons
• Not confined by physical space
• Relatively cheap
• A range of media can be used
• Encourages interactivity with
visitors
Some examples of virtual
exhibitions
• Treasures of the Bodleian Library:
• http://treasures.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
• Europeana Art Nouveau exhibition
• http://exhibitions.europeana.eu/exhibits/show/artnouveau/introduction
1. Choose
your
subject
8. Promote the
exhibition
2. Decide on
structure and
themes
Producing a
virtual
exhibition –
key steps
7. Produce the exhibition on your
website, making sure you test links
6. Test load on your
server
3. Select
stories and
images
4. Write text and
proof read
5. Test exhibition
flow and usability
Producing an exhibition in house
• Cool Iris: http://www.cooliris.com/
• Omeka: http://omeka.org/
Yiddish Theatre in London
Yiddish Theatre - Structure and themes
Introduction
Theatres
People
Context
Theatres
Audiences
Plays
Closing the
curtain
Feedback
The finished exhibition
• Web design by Europeana using the Omeka
tool
• Translated into French, German and Spanish
• http://exhibitions.europeana.eu/exhibits/sho
w/yiddish-theatre-en
A Judaica Europeana exhibition from the Jewish
Historical Museum Amsterdam
• From Dada to Surrealism: Jewish Avant-Garde
Artists from Romania
• http://exhibitions.europeana.eu/exhibits/sho
w/dada-to-surrealism-en
Our next exhibition:
Jewish Britain: A history in 50 objects
Object pages
Some ideas for collaboration
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World War I: The Jewish experience
Stories of migration
Treasures from Judaica collections in Europe
Jewish quarters in European cities
Traditional Jewish costumes in European cities
Jewish life in Poland post-World War II
• www.judaica-europeana.eu