Art and technology mingle at SF museum

Iria · Oct 25, 2005, 10:59 PM

SAN FRANCISCO--Even famous old art, like Fredric Edwin Church's "Rain Season in the Tropics" and Aaron Douglas' "Aspiration," can use a little high-tech promotion.

Next month, the newly renovated de Young Museum here in bucolic Golden Gate Park will start offering podcasts featuring museum directors and curators through its Web site.

The podcast is one of several high-tech outreach programs the museum, which opened earlier this month after a five-year, $200 million rebuilding project, is offering patrons. Although the podcast is bound to generate buzz, perhaps the most cutting-edge tech project at the de Young is a one-of-a-kind, high-tech presentation of the museum's major collections that lets visitors "turn" pages on a floor-to-ceiling screen.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Art and technology mingle at SF museum SAN FRANCISCO--Even famous old art, like Fredric Edwin Church's "Rain Season in the Tropics" and Aaron Douglas' "Aspiration," can use a little high-tech promotion. Next month, the newly renovated de Young Museum here in bucolic Golden Gate Park will start offering podcasts featuring museum directors and curators through its Web site. The podcast is one of several high-tech outreach programs the museum, which opened earlier this month after a five-year, $200 million rebuilding project, is offering patrons. Although the podcast is bound to generate buzz, perhaps the most cutting-edge tech project at the de Young is a one-of-a-kind, high-tech presentation of the museum's major collections that lets visitors "turn" pages on a floor-to-ceiling screen. __________ Read More / Source: News.com