What Urban Archive can do for your organization
Join us at our Rivington Street office for a workshop about leveraging historical image collections on the Urban Archive platform. This meeting is an opportunity for our current and prospective partners to learn more about creating rich, interactive content using our custom Content Management System.
When
October 11th 2017, 9:30am
Where
155 Rivington Street
(2nd Floor)
Who
Museum Staff
Historians
Writers
Educators
Curators
Collection Managers
What do you need?
An iPhone (iOS 10.0) - OPTIONAL
Urban Archive App (download here)
A Laptop - OPTIONAL
Schedule
9:30am
Coffee and light breakfast during informal check-in
9:45am
Urban Archive Introductory Presentation
10:30am
Group Q&A session with UA staff (designer, backend developer, IOS developer, content curator)
11:30pm
CMS workshop
A chance for curators, collection managers and archivists to use the CMS and explore / create content (locations, posts, walks, interactive notifications) using existing assets on the UA platform. Please plan on bringing at least one laptop per institution.
Register
Additional Information
Urban Archive is a location-based mobile platform that brings together the digital collections of New York City’s museums, archives, and libraries in an easy-to-use resource built for discovery, empowering New Yorkers to learn about history where it happened.
A few weeks ago, we held our first Hunt with the Brooklyn Historical Society. Here's a video of some of the action:
Our current partners include:
