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==Organisation==
==Organisation==


Culture24 is based in [[Brighton]] and has 10 employees<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/sector+info/about+us/who+we+are/art65541 |title=Meet the team |date=2009-02-09 |publisher=Culture24 |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>. The Culture24 Director is Jane Finnis, who in March 2010 was named as one of 50 'Women to Watch' in the United Kingdom cultural and creative sectors by the Cultural Leadership Programme<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culturalleadership.org.uk/women-to-watch/w2w/jane-finnis/ |title=Women to Watch: Jane Finnis, Director, Culture24 |publisher=Cultural Leadership Programme |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>. The Culture24 Chairman is John Newbigin, who was named as one of Wired Magazine's top 100 digital powerbrokers in May 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2010/05/features/the-wired-100-positions-51-to-100?page=all |title=The Wired 100 |date=2010-04-01 |work=[[Wired UK]] |publisher=Conde Nast |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>.
Culture24 is based in [[Brighton]] and has 10 employees<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/sector+info/about+us/who+we+are/art65541 |title=Meet the team |date=2009-02-09 |publisher=Culture24 |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>. The Culture24 Director is Jane Finnis, who contributed a chapter to Learning to Live: Museums, young people and education<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ippr.org.uk/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=665 |title=Learning to Live: Museums, young people and education |ed. Kate Bellamy and Carey Oppenheim |date=2009-05-13 |work= |publisher=[[Institute for Public Policy Research]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> and in March 2010 was named as one of 50 'Women to Watch' in the United Kingdom cultural and creative sectors by the Cultural Leadership Programme<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.culturalleadership.org.uk/women-to-watch/w2w/jane-finnis/ |title=Women to Watch: Jane Finnis, Director, Culture24 |publisher=Cultural Leadership Programme |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>. The Culture24 Chairman is John Newbigin, who was named as one of Wired Magazine's top 100 people shaping the digital world in May 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2010/05/features/the-wired-100-positions-51-to-100?page=all |title=The Wired 100 |date=2010-04-01 |work=[[Wired UK]] |publisher=Conde Nast |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>.


The company was founded in 2001 as the 24 Hour Museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/5b8ea24735dcdb90c75e9d21418e9642/compdetails |title=Culture24 company information |publisher=[[Companies House]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>, when the website of the same name<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/342954.stm |title=24 Hour Museum Goes Live |date=1999-05-13 |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> became an independent company.
The company was founded in 2001 as the 24 Hour Museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/5b8ea24735dcdb90c75e9d21418e9642/compdetails |title=Culture24 company information |publisher=[[Companies House]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>, when the website of the same name<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/342954.stm |title=24 Hour Museum Goes Live |date=1999-05-13 |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> became an independent company.
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The main Culture24 website is a guide to [[museums]], public galleries, libraries, archives, heritage sites and science centres. It has a database of over 4,400 cultural institutions, who are able to update the information about their activities. It features daily arts, museum, history and heritage news, and exhibition reviews. News stories are available as [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] [[newsfeed]].
The main Culture24 website is a guide to [[museums]], public galleries, libraries, archives, heritage sites and science centres. It has a database of over 4,400 cultural institutions, who are able to update the information about their activities. It features daily arts, museum, history and heritage news, and exhibition reviews. News stories are available as [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] [[newsfeed]].


Culture24 also runs a site for children, Show Me, which has online activities related to UK museums and galleries, including interactive games, quizzes and competitions. A section of the site contains guidance for parents and teachers about using online resources from museums and galleries. The Culture24 suite of websites won the 2010 "best of the web" award (long lived category) at the Museums and the Web Conference.<ref>[http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/congratulations_mw2010_best_web_winners "Congratulations to the MW2010 Best of the Web Winners!"] April 16, 2010.</ref>
Culture24 also runs a site for children, Show Me, which has online activities related to UK museums and galleries, including interactive games, quizzes and competitions. A section of the site contains guidance for parents and teachers about using online resources from museums and galleries.

In 2009 Culture24 was runner-up in the Nominet Trust Best Practice Challenge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/36431_BestPracticeChallenge_winners2009.pdf |title=Nominet Best Practice Challenge 2009 Winners |publisher=[[Nominet UK]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref> The Culture24 suite of websites won the 2010 "best of the web" award (long lived category) at the Museums and the Web Conference.<ref>[http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/congratulations_mw2010_best_web_winners "Congratulations to the MW2010 Best of the Web Winners!"] April 16, 2010.</ref> Culture24 is also listed as one of the [[The Guardian|Guardian]]'s top 100 essential websites<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/dec/09/best-websites-internet |title=The 100 essential websites |author= |date=2009-12-09 |work=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>, and one of the [[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]' top 10 museum websites<ref>{{cite web |url=http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article7016077.ece |title=The 10 best museum websites |author=Mike Peake |date=2010-02-07 |work=[[The Sunday Times]] |accessdate=2010-06-14}}</ref>.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:26, 15 June 2010

Culture24, originally the 24 Hour Museum,[1] is a British charity which publishes two websites, Culture24 and Show Me, about visual culture and heritage in the United Kingdom, as well as supplying data and support services other cultural websites including Engaging Places,[1].

It operates independently, and receives government funding.[1][2]

Organisation

Culture24 is based in Brighton and has 10 employees[3]. The Culture24 Director is Jane Finnis, who contributed a chapter to Learning to Live: Museums, young people and education[4] and in March 2010 was named as one of 50 'Women to Watch' in the United Kingdom cultural and creative sectors by the Cultural Leadership Programme[5]. The Culture24 Chairman is John Newbigin, who was named as one of Wired Magazine's top 100 people shaping the digital world in May 2010[6].

The company was founded in 2001 as the 24 Hour Museum[7], when the website of the same name[8] became an independent company. The organisation changed its name to Culture24 in November 2007, and the website followed suit on 11 February 2009.[1] Culture24 is a registered charity and is funded by the UK government Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) through the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).[2] and Arts Council England (ACE).

Purpose

The MLA is working with Culture24 as one of its partners in furthering the council's digital agenda.

Specifically, helping to deliver:

More and better quality information on cultural opportunities to the public

A coherent portal for cultural resources for teachers and learners
Greater interaction with individuals and communities through use of Web 2.0 and social networking tools

High quality standards in the management and preservation of digital resources.[9]

Web sites

The main Culture24 website is a guide to museums, public galleries, libraries, archives, heritage sites and science centres. It has a database of over 4,400 cultural institutions, who are able to update the information about their activities. It features daily arts, museum, history and heritage news, and exhibition reviews. News stories are available as RSS newsfeed.

Culture24 also runs a site for children, Show Me, which has online activities related to UK museums and galleries, including interactive games, quizzes and competitions. A section of the site contains guidance for parents and teachers about using online resources from museums and galleries.

In 2009 Culture24 was runner-up in the Nominet Trust Best Practice Challenge.[10] The Culture24 suite of websites won the 2010 "best of the web" award (long lived category) at the Museums and the Web Conference.[11] Culture24 is also listed as one of the Guardian's top 100 essential websites[12], and one of the Sunday Times' top 10 museum websites[13].

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Useful Contacts: Culture24". Directgov. Her Majesty's Government. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  2. ^ a b "Charity Overview: Culture24". Central Register of Charities. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  3. ^ "Meet the team". Culture24. 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  4. ^ "Learning to Live: Museums, young people and education". Institute for Public Policy Research. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2010-06-14. {{cite web}}: Text "ed. Kate Bellamy and Carey Oppenheim" ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Women to Watch: Jane Finnis, Director, Culture24". Cultural Leadership Programme. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  6. ^ "The Wired 100". Wired UK. Conde Nast. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  7. ^ "Culture24 company information". Companies House. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  8. ^ "24 Hour Museum Goes Live". BBC. 1999-05-13. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  9. ^ "MLA's approach to the digital agenda". Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  10. ^ "Nominet Best Practice Challenge 2009 Winners" (PDF). Nominet UK. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  11. ^ "Congratulations to the MW2010 Best of the Web Winners!" April 16, 2010.
  12. ^ "The 100 essential websites". The Guardian. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
  13. ^ Mike Peake (2010-02-07). "The 10 best museum websites". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
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