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The Henry FordThe Henry Ford
Exhibit Floor Collections Access Interactive Kiosks and Collections
Delivery Architecture
A paradigm shift in technology, thinking and approach
The Henry Ford, d.b.a
The Edison Institute
I am collecting the history of our people as written into things their hands made and used…. When we are through, we shall have reproduced American life as lived, and that, I think, is the best way of preserving at least a part of our history and tradition.
Henry Ford
October 21, 1929October 21, 1929
Lights Golden Jubilee and DedicationLights Golden Jubilee and Dedication
• Thomas Edison• Orville Wright• Herbert Hoover• George Eastman• Marie Currie• Charles Eaton• B.C. Forbes• Will Rogers• Harvey Firestone
• John Sloane• Albert Kahn• H. M. Doubleday• Charles Schwab• Walter Chrysler• Albert Einstein (via
radio)• John D. Rockefeller• Andrew Mellon
Who’s Who ListWho’s Who List
What we are known for?What we are known for?
• Edison’s Menlo Park• Lincoln Chair• Rosa Park’s Bus• JFK Limousine• Wright Brother’s Cycle Shop• One of the largest and comprehensive
industrial revolution collections in the world• Crafts at work (glass blowing, pottery, etc.)• Our cars, of course
Icons, Innovators and IdeasIcons, Innovators and Ideas
Mike’s Must See ListMike’s Must See List
• Lincoln Chair• Rosa Park’s Bus• JFK Limousine• 600 Ton Allegheny Steam
Locomotive• Washington Camp Bed• Bugatti• Oldest Surviving Steam
Engine in World, 1760• Goldenrod land speed
car, 409 mph• Quadricycle
• Oldest “Car”, 1865• 4 Kilowatt Highland Park
Engine• Mustang, serial #1• Ford Flivver personal
aircraft, 1927• Lamy’s Diner• Hybrid Gas/Steam Car,
1906• Turbine Car• Weinermobile• Edgar Allen Poe and
Mark Twain Writing Tables
The Henry FordThe Henry Ford
• Henry Ford Museum, 12 acres (IMAX)• Greenfield Village, 80 acres, 80 buildings, 3
working farms, railroad• Henry Ford Academy, Charter High School• Ford Rouge Factory Tour, F-150 Truck Plant• Benson Ford Research Center
(Libraries/Archives) • 26 Million Collections, 6% on display• 1.5 Million visitors, annually
ProjectsProjects
CAN-DO UpdateCAN-DO Update
CAN-DO UpdateCAN-DO Update
CAN-DO UpdateCAN-DO Update
CAN-DO UpdateCAN-DO Update
CAN-DO UpdateCAN-DO Update
CAN-DO UpdateCAN-DO Update
Interactive Kiosks Provide Real Time Open Collections Interactive Kiosks Provide Real Time Open Collections ExplorationExploration
Fueled by Driving America and KiosksFueled by Driving America and Kiosks
• New Driving America Exhibit (80K sq ft)• New EMu CMS (8 months) • New museum interactive kiosk, real time access(18)• New intranet access (“I” CAN)• New metadata standards for public access• New workflows and skills needed• New volume of digitized artifacts (4K 10K+)• New API technology infrastructure• New web access (my collections)• New mobile website • New technology infrastructure (server, storage,
net)
ConvergenceConvergence
Driving America Exhibit drove Multiple Driving America Exhibit drove Multiple PurposesPurposes
Key to SuccessKey to Success
1: Intentional Convergence
API Development
Kiosk Development
Digitization Development
Key to SuccessKey to Success
2: Buy-in and support at all levels
BoardExecutives
CAN-DO Steering TeamFocused and Empowered
Implementation Teams
Anywho Anyhow AccessAnywho Anyhow Access
Collect.Mgmt.
System
DigitalAssetMgmt
Images
Artifact Search/Get/
Display/Collect Module
Video
My CollectionMy Exhibit
Audio Narrative
3DModels
JPG2000
WebPages
Spheron
Tags
Future
Web Service
MobileAccess
OnInnovation.com
DrivingAmericaKiosks
SocialMediaApps
Social TaggingAnd
Add ContentModule
Web Service
Anywho Anyhow Access – Simplified ViewAnywho Anyhow Access – Simplified View
Anywho Anyhow AnyTime AccessAnywho Anyhow AnyTime Access
Many People and Purposes
• Visitors, online and on site
• Patrons (researchers, enthusiasts)
• THF Program Areas• Exhibit Designers• Educators • Curators
• Marketing/Sales• Media • Partners• Museum
Collaboratives• New Customers: Film
Producers, etc.• Access Services
One Collections Content Source…Unlimited Destinations!
APIsCollections
Datain EMu
Mobile: THF Collections SiteWeb: collections.thf.org (and beyond!)
Mobile: THF siteKiosks: Driving America (and beyond!)
eBlasts
Driving America website
I-CAN
Mutual Purpose TeamMutual Purpose Team
CAN-DO TeamCollections Access Network for Digitized Objects
3D2DIT
Strategy+ Excellent PM
CAN-DO DebateCAN-DO Debate
• Where is the precedent in the industry for what we are doing? QR Code? RFID? PLAY?
• How can we design a data model before we design the user interface? Aren’t the stories and objects in the UI?
• Aren’t too many choices confusing for our guests? Few objectives vs. many.
• How can visitors curate their own experience? Where’s the authority?
• How can we design a data model for multiple purposes; we don’t even know?
Questions to Work ThroughQuestions to Work Through
Key to SuccessKey to Success
3: Clear agreed upon goals with an eye on future and
sustainability
One Delivery Architecture, Many Expressions
Real Time Access Everywhere
Overhaul Infrastructure
Multiple Purpose TechnologyMultiple Purpose Technology
• Select one single system to handle all aspects of collections: 3D, 2D, story, workflow, intranet, etc. And, a system for all users: historical, business, and external
• Develop single API web delivery system for all applications and technologies, not single applications
• Design family of kiosks providing multiple layers of self exploration, collecting and curating
• Real time access, real time collecting through collection sets. Collection is intended GROW!
• Build technology infrastructure to support the entire enterprise as well as real time collections access: supports exhibit floor, mobile, at home, any device
Key to SuccessKey to Success
4: Great Project Management
Nimble Project Plans
Independent, Real, Dedicated PMs
Tweaked KE Implementation
Concurrent Projects each w/ PM
Key to SuccessKey to Success
5: Simple Web Delivery Powered by APIs
Our’s stand on their own
Independent of Delivery Platform
Keep the functions simple
Sustainable technology
The Henry FordThe Henry Ford
• http://collections.thehenryford.org/xmlCollection.aspx?collectionid=11
• http://collections.thehenryford.org/xmlInfo.aspx?objectkey=1529709
• http://collections.thehenryford.org/xmlCollectionObjects.aspx?collectionid=11&show=all
Key to SuccessKey to Success
6: Prototype – Create and Cultivate an Innovative Mindset
Kiosks
RFID, QR Codes, Expert SetsAPIs , e-comm integration
Mobile Site
RFID Real Time CollectingRFID Real Time Collecting
The Henry FordThe Henry Ford
Questions!
The Henry FordThe Henry Ford
Thank You!
Mike Butman, CCP
Chief Information Officer