http://www.museumlab.org/2007/09/03/dresdens-old-master-galleries-in-second-life/ news, developments and observations on museum innovation Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:34:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.museumlab.org/2007/09/03/dresdens-old-master-galleries-in-second-life/#comment-925 David Spreekmeester Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:17:24 +0000 http://www.museumlab.org/2007/09/03/dresdens-old-master-galleries-in-second-life/#comment-925 Interesting to see that a museum of this scale decided to still invest in Second Life, because the enormous Second Life hype that was happening this summer (here in the Netherlands anyway) seems to be over, more or less. Although visitor numbers are still growing steadily, there seems to be a dwindling interest from the commercial marketing area. Therefore I think it's nice to see that a promising initiative like this becomes 'reality', since there really isn't a lot of comparable material online in this virtual world. The Second Louvre is a laugh in my humble opinion, it has at least nothing to do with high quality art in the traditional sense. Time to take a peek at the old Dresden masters. Interesting to see that a museum of this scale decided to still invest in Second Life, because the enormous Second Life hype that was happening this summer (here in the Netherlands anyway) seems to be over, more or less. Although visitor numbers are still growing steadily, there seems to be a dwindling interest from the commercial marketing area.
Therefore I think it’s nice to see that a promising initiative like this becomes ‘reality’, since there really isn’t a lot of comparable material online in this virtual world. The Second Louvre is a laugh in my humble opinion, it has at least nothing to do with high quality art in the traditional sense. Time to take a peek at the old Dresden masters.

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