QR codes in Museums

Museums are jam-packed full of information. But let's face it - there's only so much space to share only so much information. What then, should museums do, so that museum attendees can continue to learn once they leave the museum? How can museum attendees easily follow up on sparked interests?

What other than QR codes, linking to Wikipedia articles!?

Check out this blog post from Museum Media, New Media for Museums:

Jane Darnell on Linkedin writes: ” There is a Wikipedia multi-lingual challenge going on for the Derby museum in the UK. The idea is to use QR codes to link to Wikipedia articles. If the object itself is notable enough, there may be an article devoted to the object, but there may also be QR codes directing the user to Wikipedia articles on general terms used in the museum.”

Go to this page and paste a Wikipedia URL into the box to create a language-detecting, mobile-friendly QR code.

Idea: Terence Eden & Roger Bamkin

Site: Michael McNeela

With help & inspiration from Tom Morris, Alison Wheeler & many others

I think this is a very cool way to utilize QR codes and to bring new media to museums. This way, if you need or want further information on something in the museum, or just want to look up general terms, you can snap the QR code on your smart phone, and all the information is at your fingertips. Of course, Wikipedia isn't a "scholarly site," but if museums had websites with more information, or if there were other scholarly articles related to what was in the museum, the QR codes could direct them to those links. I'm interested in seeing how hisorical museums, or musuems in general, utilize the web. Do they have their own websites? What information is on those websites?