The Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) has recognized the winners of the first ever SEMC Technology Competition, designed to recognize and reward excellence in the use of technology by southeastern museums.
CultureConnect and its tablet app for the New Orleans Museum of Art won the gold prize in both the Applications and Gallery Installations categories.
The startup builds mobile museum apps and digital tours for the arts, tourism, and education. Since launching, CultureConnect has also expanded to serving cities, parks, art fairs, zoos and many more clients.
The competition encourages innovation, effective design, accessibility, creativity and pride of work, and recognition of institutional identity. SEMC aims to increase educational and professional development opportunities and improve the interchange of ideas, information, and cooperation.
The entire list of winners is below.
Applications
- Gold: ARTtab – New Orleans Museum of Art and CultureConnect
- Silver: Holocaust Museum – Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida and Q Media Productions
- Bronze: State of the Art – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Mill Creek Software, Inc.
- HM: Decoding DaVinci – Muscarelle Museum of Art and Hello everyone Information Company
Media Production
- Gold: Greasy Strings Theater – Birthplace of Country Music® Museum and Hillmann & Carr Inc.
- Silver: Bring Me Back My Body and I Will Return Your Soul – Halsey Institute of Contemporary
Art
- Bronze: TAP Tour: Andy Warhol’s Famous Faces – Columbia Museum of Art
- HM: This Is My Home Now – Greensboro Historical Museum
Gallery Installations
- Gold: ARTtab – New Orleans Museum of Art and CultureConnect
- Silver: Making Music Gallery – Birthplace of Country Music® Museum and Hillmann & Carr Inc.
- Bronze: State of the Art Digital Labels – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- HM: Help We Need Foley – North Carolina Museum of History
Digital Education
- Silver: The World War II Home Front in Mississippi – Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Museum Division
- Bronze: Boeing Observatory Distance Learning Program – South Carolina State Museum
Digital Marketing
- Gold: State of the Art Microsite – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- HM: The Mudcat: The Civil War in Mississippi – Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Museum Division
Campaign
- Gold: State of the Art – Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Mill Creek Software, Inc, and Ideum
Student
- Gold: Art of the Con – BJU Museum & Gallery, Inc. and BJU
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