Site Map

Overview (Home)

• Introduction
• Methodology

  List of Websites Visited

  Example of ad style of website

  Example of brochure style of website

  Example of catalogue style of website

  Example of education and research style of website

• Issues of Interpretation
• Virtual vs. Physical

  Big ships example

• Innovations

  “Best Practices in Museum Web Design”

  Virtual Tours

  Virtual tour example

  Floor plan virtual tour example

  Streaming

  Streaming video example

  Streaming audio example

  Media

  Multimedia timeline example

  Example of multimedia presentations to teach art

  Animation example

  Three-dimensionality example

  Combining Exhibits

  “Cloth and Clay” example

  “Let the Objects Speak” example

  Deepening the Hierarchy

  Rollover example

  Flash example

  Second Flash example

  Pop-up example

  Edutainment example

  Education “electronic field trips” example

• US Holocaust Museum and Memorial

Enlarged photo of the US Holocaust Museum and Memorial

Link to the USHMM website from 11/18/04

Enlarged photo of a “cattle car” used to transport victims to concentration camps

Link to the current USHMM website

• National Museum of the American Indian

Enlarged photo of the National Museum of the American Indian

Link to the NMAI website from 11/14/04

Enlarged photo of sculpture

Movie of Native American dance troupe

Enlarged photo of the “Our Peoples” exhibit

Pop-up definition of the “one-drop-of-blood” rule

Enlarged photo of artifacts in the “Our Peoples” exhibit

Link to a floor map example

Link to the current NMAI website

• Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture

Link to the Anacostia website from 12/04

Pop-up of Criteria for Web Design

Link to the artifacts section of the Anacostia website

Link to an example for connecting the website to the exhibit

Link to the current Anacostia website

• Conclusion

Link to an example demonstrating contextualizing the Web

• Criteria for Design

“Best Practices in Museum Design”

• Glossary of Web Terms

Flash example

Link to free Flash download

Horizontal hierarchy example

Vertical hierarchy example

Pop-up example

Rollover example

Site Map Examples

List style example

Graphic style examples

Streaming video example

• List of Websites Visited
• Endnotes
• Sources
• Site Map
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