The Constraints of Space
The museum’s artifacts are contained in three facilities, totaling 15,000 meters of storage space. The train I described to you, seen here, is in the top corner of the facility on the right.
The invisibility of these artifacts to the public should be kept in mind as we consider object-oriented digital history. Over the course of our project, a number of artifacts currently held in this storage facility acquired new lives online. Recent technologies can allow museums to circumvent some of the physical constraints they have faced in the past. These technologies don’t detract from the value of the physical artifact so much as they challenge us to consider it in new ways. Drawing primarily on firsthand experiences, I want to reflect on what those ‘new ways’ might be.
The invisibility of these artifacts to the public should be kept in mind as we consider object-oriented digital history. Over the course of our project, a number of artifacts currently held in this storage facility acquired new lives online. Recent technologies can allow museums to circumvent some of the physical constraints they have faced in the past. These technologies don’t detract from the value of the physical artifact so much as they challenge us to consider it in new ways. Drawing primarily on firsthand experiences, I want to reflect on what those ‘new ways’ might be.
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