Comments on: Police Museum Wins “Sponsor a Museum” Support

By: Museums, New Media and the Triple Bottom Line « westmuse

Museums, New Media and the Triple Bottom Line « westmuse — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:03:03 +0000

[...] Museum they just won a kind of “Pimp my Ride” competition put out by Zero One Design called “Sponsor a Museum”: After evaluating 31 applications from museums across Canada, Zero One Design of Victoria BC [...]

By: Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:44:29 +0000

A police museum is an excellent idea.

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By: Sinfully Delightful | Being Emme

Sinfully Delightful | Being Emme — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:22:52 +0000

[...] congratulations on being selected by Zero One for their ‘Sponsor A Museum’ Program. The Police Museum is very deserving. You already use social media better than any other museum I know, and I can’t wait to see [...]

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:43:23 +0000

This sounds quite interesting!
I wonder if we have a Police Museum anywhere nearby, haven’t heard of one though!

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By: Sarcsmom

Sarcsmom — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:36:20 +0000

That is wonderful news. I hope to visit Vancouver , and your museum, one of these days. NetChick sent me.

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:08:34 +0000

It lets us better organize our information about the items in our collection; we use a crummy Access database now that makes it impossible to find things, add new kinds of information, etc. This new CMS (for short) will be so much better and will give us a foundation to build off of, if we create things like iPhone apps, virtual exhibits, etc.

By: I.A.M.

I.A.M. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:05:43 +0000

So… what’s the end result of a “collection management system”? Is is something that allows a guy like me to log-on to the Police Museum site and locate an image and description of every item in your collection, including searching for something like — say — ‘ping pong ball’? Just asking.