The document discusses a study analyzing the web presence and network opportunities of house museums. It examines 12 leading house museums in 4 countries, measuring their PageRank, Facebook followers, and quality of web presence based on a 7 Loci model. The study finds that leading house museums rarely overlap with regional museum networks, some house museums do not prioritize their web presence, and regional networks provide basic visibility but could do more to support house museums. The research aims to provide an initial analysis that could be expanded further.
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Web Presence of House Museums
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TheWeb
PresenceOf
HouseMuseums.
Network
Opportunities
TheCaseMuseoinItalianetworkandwebsite
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LuisaMich,UniversityofTrento,luisa.mich@unitn.it
RosannaPavoni,CaseMuseoinItalia,rosanna.pavoni@casemuseoitalia.it
RobertoPeretta,UniversityofBergamo,roberto.peretta@unibg.it
2. Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
What Are We Talking About?
1. Networks
2. Web Presence
3. House Museums
4. Methodology
5. What Was Considered
6. Results
7. Limitations
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Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
Networks
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ThePageRankalgorythm
“Networks”hasbecomeabuzzword.
Yetanetworkapproachto
everythinghasitstheoreticalbasis.
HouseMuseumshavetheirofficial
global“network”:DemHist.
Butnetworksmayrefertosomething
morespecific indigitaltimes.
HowdoHouseMuseumsactually
managetheirwebnetworks?
4. Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
Web Presence
Thewebpresenceofsomethinghas
alwaysbeenevaluated intermsof
qualityoftheofficialwebsite.
Thequalityoftheofficialwebsite,
however,cannot beconsidered the
onlyparameteranylonger.
Digitalnetworks–increasinglya
component ofrealnetworks–now
includesocialnetworking activities,
andUserGeneratedContent.
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Webpresence,
today.
1. Theofficial
website
2. Semi-official
pagesonsocial
platforms
3. Uncontrolled
UserGenerated
Content
5. Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita
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Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
House Museums’ Real Presence
“AHouseMuseumisaplacewhere
someonelived–kings,artistsor
fishermen,anywoulddo–stillbearing
signsandformsofthecultureand
societytheybelongedto.”
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Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
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An Intangible Presence, Too
“HouseMuseumsindifferentstyles,formsandsizeare
scatteredthroughouttheItalianregions.Theroyalpalaces
andpatricianvillas,collectors’palazziandartists’homes,
urbanflatsandruraldwellingsstillreverberatewiththe
voicesofthosewhowanted,inhabitedorevenbuiltthem.
HouseMuseumsnarratepersonaltalesandillustratethe
history,thesocialchanges,thedynastiesandeconomies,
thecollectionsandenterprises,andusealanguagethat
everyoneunderstands–thelanguageofliving.”
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7. Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita
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Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
MeasuringWebPresence
ThePageRankalgorithm,devisedat
theStanfordUniversityandadopted
byGoogle,isabasicunittomeasure
thestrengthofawebsite.
PageRankisasimple0to10scale.
WetookPageRankasabasic
standardmeasure,andadoptedthe
numberofFacebookfollowersasa
similarlysimpleunittodealwiththe
socialcomponentofwebpresence.
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ThePageRankalgorithm
8. Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
House Museums’ Web Presence
The7Locimeta-modelisabenchmark
methodologytoevaluatethequality
ofwebpresence.Amodelbasedon
7Lociwasadoptedforthisresearch.
WeselectedtwelveleadingHouse
Museumsinfourcountries,checked
theirPageRank,countedtheir
followers,andevaluatedtheirweb
presencethanksto7Loci.Wefinally
consideredtheirnetworks,ifany.
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The7Loci
1. Identity
2. Content
3. Services
4. Individuation
5. Management
6. Usability
(Mobilefriendliness)
7. Feasibility
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Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
Torino, 16-17 novembre 2018
Regions Considered
UnitedKingdom
USA
Australia
Italy
Twelveleading
HouseMuseums,
andofcourse
theirRegional
Networks,ifany.
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Strategie comunicative per i musei. Opportunità di crescita.
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House Museums Considered
Sourcesforourinitialselection:
DemHist
UnescoHeritageSites
SmithsonianInstitution
TheNationalTrustforHistoricPreservation,Washington,DC,USA
Wikipedia:“HistoricHouseMuseums”item
Google,globaledition:“HouseMuseums”keyword
Criteria:1.SelectHouseMuseumsmentionedinatleastoneofthelistingsabove;
2.considerwhethertheyhaveanunequivocaltouristappeal;
3.keepthenumberofselectedHouseMuseumsatamaximumoftwelve.
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Results. Leading House Museums
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touristappeal PageRank FacebookFollowers 7LociQualityScore LinktoaRegionalNetwork LinktoDemHist
SirJohnSoane’sMuseum,London,UK architecture 0 12,108 30/30 NO NO
LeightonHouseMuseum,London,UK art 0 12,663 12/30 YES N0
IsabellaStewartGardnerMuseum,Boston,MS,USA art 7 66,204 30/30 NO NO
TheFrickCollection,Boston,MS,USA art 0 114,791 30/30 NO NO
ThePaulRevereHouse,Boston,MS, USA history 6 7,392 20/30 NO NO
GropiusHouse,Lincoln,MS,USA architecture 0 (asHNEng) 16,725 22/30 YES NO
GeorgeWashington’sMountVernon,VA,USA history 6 208,192 26/30 NO NO
Monticello,Charlottesville,VA,USA history 7 71,168 30/30 NO NO
HollyhockHouse,LosAngeles,CA,USA architecture 3 16,622 20/30 YES NO
ElizabethBayHouse,Sydney,NSW, Australia history 0 50,364 24/30 YES NO
VillaEmo,FanzolodiVedelago,Italy architecture 3 5,806 24/30 YES NO
MuseoPoldiPezzoli,Milan,Italy art 0 21,217 26/30 YES NO
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Results. Regional Networks
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PageRank FacebookFollowers 7LociQualityScore HouseMuseumsLinked LinktoDemHist
HistoricHousesAssociationofGreatBritain,UK 0 7,299 26/30 443 NO
HistoricHouseTrustofNewYork City,USA 0 2,925 22/30 23 NO
HistoricNew EnglandofBoston(Massachusetts),USA 6 16,725 28/30 38 NO
TheNationalSocietyoftheColonialDamesofAmerica,USA 0 2,690 20/30 79 NO
SaveOurHeritageOrganisationofSanDiego, CA,USA 0 0 14/30 9 NO
HistoricHousesTrustofNew SouthWales,NSW, Australia 0 0 24/30 7 NO
HouseMuseumsofMilan,Milano,Italy 0 5,172 24/30 4 NO
CaseMuseoinItalia,Italy 0 1,990 26/30 70 YES
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Nobody Is Omnipotent…
Ofcourse,thisinitialresearchhasseveralweaknesses.
Theregionsconsideredarejustafew.E.g.,noFrance!
Thesampleisverylimited,andthedifferencebetweenan
historichouseandaHouseMuseumissometimesunclear.
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Yet,somestimulatingprovisionalconclusionscanbedrawn.
1. LeadingHouseMuseumsandregionalnetworksrarelyoverlap.
2. SomeleadingHouseMuseumsdonotcareenoughabouttheirwebpresence.
3. SomeHouseMuseums,instead,makegooduseofsocialnetworking.Anditshows.
4. RegionalnetworksprovidebasicvisibilitytominorHouseMuseums.
5. RegionalnetworkshappentoprovidemorevisibilitytoleadingHouseMuseums.
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Key Points
1. “Networks” Is More Than A Buzzword
2. Web Presence Is Crucial Today
3. House Museums Can/Must Be More Than Cinderellas
4. Web Presence Is Measurable
5. Existing House Museums’ Networks Are Weak
6. House Museums May Improve Their Web Presence
7. This Research Should Widen Its Scope
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Thanks For Your Attention
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