TAP
Mobile Application Platform
http://www.tapintomuseums.org

In the summer of 2009, the IMA designed and developed a mobile tour platform called TAP. TAP made its public debut in October, 2009 with the opening of the museum’s major exhibition Sacred Spain. Designed to be displayed on iPod Touches available for rent in the Museum, TAP will feature familiar stop based navigation and present users with high quality video, zoomable imagery, audio interviews with curators and designers as well as interactive polls about visitors experience with the exhibition.

Behind the scenes, TAP leverages a Content Management System which allows authors to create tour content in the same tool that they author websites with. The underlying software then automatically builds deployable platform-neutral tour bundles which can be installed on a variety of devices. The iPod Touch interface is the first mobile client to be built.

ArtBabble
Play Art Loud!
http://www.artbabble.org

In 2009, the IMA broke new ground by launching the streaming video website, ArtBabble.org. ArtBabble seeks to become the premier destination for online art video featuring content from leading arts institutions, and employing a unique approach using cloud computing technologies to fuel the experience. Today, ArtBabble brings together over 25 prominent arts and cultural organizations to create a true destination for art video online. The site provides immediate access to high quality video art content, including documentaries, artist talks, behind-the-scenes topics and thousands of educational web resources to further the exploration of art.

IMA Dashboard
http://dashboard.imamuseum.org
http://code.google.com/p/museum-dashboard/

In 2007, the IMA launched the IMA Dashboard a pioneering effort supporting and encouraging institutional transparency among museums, and have since released the tool as open source for the benefit of other institutions.

The IMA Blog
http://www.imamuseum.org/blog
The IMA has been actively blogging since 2007. Offering a variety of voices, the blog features post from curators, conservators, educators, technologists and many other perspectives from within the art museum. The voice of the blog is informal, authentic and honest, allowing the IMA staff to write from their own perspective and area of expertise.