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- Title
DISRUPTING CONTEXT: MAKING A CASE FOR THE DIGITAL CURATION OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA.
- Authors
Masters, S.; Welman, T.
- Abstract
The article presents case studies on digital curation of classical antiquities by the Red Location Museum in New Bristol, Port Elizabeth in South Africa, the Rijksmuseum in Netherlands and Iziko Museums of South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. Topics include the importance of contexts in success of the museums in attracting audience, closing of the Red Location Museum as people did not support it, quality of images of the Rijksmuseum museum and no online presence of Iziko's artefacts.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; DIGITIZATION of museum collections; CLASSICAL antiquities; RIJKSMUSEUM (Netherlands); MUSEUMS; MUSEUM visitors; CONSERVATION &; restoration
- Publication
Akroterion, 2015, Vol 60, p83
- ISSN
0303-1896
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.7445/60-1-955