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Published: March 15, 2001.
Best Online Exhibition or Activity Site
These sites exceled in presenting and interpreting museum collections and themes, providing a rich and meaningful virtual experience. They may have been a section of a larger museum web or a collaborative project between institutions and/or individuals and communities associated with museums. Entirely virtual museums were eligible to participate in this category and as were exhibitions of web art and other "born digital" collections. Quality characteristics include:
- Effective use of multiple media formats
- Innovative ways of complimenting physical exhibitions
or providing surrogates for physical experiences in online only exhibitions
- New ways of representing museum processes and
structures
- Imaginative audience participation and engagement of different categories of 'visitors'
Finalists:
- Historical Topics: Explore the History of the Holocaust http://wlc.ushmm.org
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl - Wet With Blood: The Investigation of the Lincoln
Cloak
http://www.chicagohistory.org/wetwithblood - Bhutan - Fortress of the Gods
http://www.bhutan.at - The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency - Taoism and the Arts of China
http://www.artic.edu/taoism/index.php - Tempus Fugit
http://www.nelson-atkins.org/tempusfugit/
Other categories
- Best E-Services Site
- Best Museum Web Site Supporting Educational Use
- Best Innovative or Experimental Application
- Best Museum Professional's Site
- Best Museum Research Site
- Best Overall Museum Web Site