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Museums Online: New Ways to Visit Museums

April 30, 2008

Katherine Burton Jones assistant dean, Media Services, HDS

Katherine Burton Jones discusses how museums are serving and being shaped by new audiences, using Web 2.0 technologies.

Burton Jones assistant dean of Media Services at Harvard Divinity School, discusses new multimedia approaches to the museum experience.

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Topics: Culture & Identity | Media & Technology

Tags: Web Media | Libraries & Museums

Presented By WGBH and Museum of African American History:

Museum of African American History

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