S01E09: Museum Pi

In this episode we talk about how the Raspberry Pi can be used in museums - and by conservators in particular! Jenny and Christina share their experiences and favourite examples from museums, plus a couple of ideas for listeners to explore. We talk to Mark Kearney about using a Pi for time-lapses in the V&A conservation department, plus we have a chat with Alex Bate and George Oates about the Museum in a Box project. Pi, anyone? 00:00:29 News in brief (mostly giggles) 00:04:59 Eating in the galleries… and what kind of pie this isn’t! 00:06:04 What is the Raspberry Pi and what is it for? 00:12:24 Why should museums care about the Pi? 00:13:46 Christina’s touchscreen project 00:19:31 Example: Museum of London, retro video games, and the Pi 00:23:12 Example: Macclesfield Silk Museum and Pi punch cards 00:24:47 Idea: Bluetooth beacons, audio tours, and a Pi 00:26:38 Idea: Environmental monitoring with a Pi 00:30:11 Interview with Mark Kearny from UCL 00:45:27 Could we do Pi training or workshops for museum professionals? 00:48:47 Interview with Alex Bate from the Raspberry Pi Foundation and George Oates from Museum in a Box 01:20:27 Comments, questions, and corrections Show Notes: - Come support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecword - New paint colours invented by neural network: http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com/post/160776374467/new-paint-colors-invented-by-neural-network - What is the Raspberry Pi? https://vimeo.com/90103691 - Reddit’s /r/museumpros: https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumPros - Reddit’s /r/raspberry_pi: https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi - Pi Presents: https://pipresents.wordpress.com/ - Museum of London’s ’London in Video Games’ exhibition: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/london-video-games - RetroPie: https://retropie.org.uk/ - Macclesfield Silk Museum: https://macclesfieldmuseums.co.uk/ - Mark’s time-lapse project: http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/conservation-blog/mini-post-no-7-using-a-raspberry-pi-to-watch-a-handbag-decay and http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/conservation-blog/raspberry-pi-project-1st-video - SHARE Museums East Network: http://sharemuseumseast.org.uk/ - Raspberry Pi Foundation: https://www.raspberrypi.org/ - Museum in a Box: http://museuminabox.org/ For more on The C Word please follow us on Twitter @thecwordpodcast, email us on [email protected], or subscribe via our website, http://thecword.show Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Christina Rozeik. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2017.