MuseWeb


MuseWeb is an annual international conference in the field of museums and their websites. It was founded and organized by Archives & Museum Informatics and has taken place each spring since 1997 in North America, along with events in other countries.
Since 2011 it has been organized by Museums and the Web LLC and Co-Chaired by Nancy Proctor and Rich Cherry, who also co-edit the proceedings.

Overview

The conference includes the GLAMi awards which recognizes the best GLAM work in the sector. Projects are nominated by GLAM professionals from around the world and reviewed by a committee of peers. The conference previously included annual "Best of the Web awards" for museum-related websites in a number of different categories, as well as an overall winner.

Individual conferences

The following events have been held or are planned:
  1. MW1997, March 16–19, 1997 — Los Angeles, California, US
  2. MW1998, April 22–25, 1998 — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  3. MW1999, March 11–14, 1999 — New Orleans, Louisiana, US
  4. MW2000, April 16–19, 2000 — Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
  5. MW2001, March 14–17, 2001 — Seattle, Washington, US
  6. MW2002, April 17–20, 2002 — Boston, Massachusetts, US
  7. MW2003, March 19–22, 2003 — Charlotte, North Carolina, US
  8. MW2004, March 31 – April 3, 2004 — Arlington, Virginia / Washington DC, US
  9. MW2005, April 13–17, 2005 — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  10. MW2006, March 22–25, 2006 — Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
  11. MW2007, April 11–14, 2007 — San Francisco, California, US
  12. MW2008, April 8–12, 2008 — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  13. MW2009, April 14–18, 2009 — Indianapolis, Indiana, US
  14. MW2010, April 13–17, 2010 — Denver, Colorado, US
  15. MW2011, April 6–9, 2011 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
  16. MW2012, April 11–14, 2012 — San Diego, California, US
  17. MW2013, April 17–20, 2013 — Portland, Oregon, US
  18. MWA2013, December 9–12, 2013 — Hong Kong
  19. MWF2014, February 19–21, 2014 — Florence, Italy
  20. MW2014, April 2–5, 2014 — Baltimore, Maryland, US
  21. MWA2014, October 7–10, 2014 — Daejeon & Seoul, South Korea
  22. MW2015, April 8–11, 2015 — Chicago, Illinois, US
  23. MWA2015, October 5–9, 2015 — Melbourne, Australia
  24. MW2016, April 6–9, 2016 — Los Angeles, California, US
  25. MW17, April 19–22, 2017 — Cleveland, Ohio, US
  26. MW18, April 18–21, 2018 — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  27. MW19, April 2–6, 2019 — Boston, Massachusetts, US
  28. MW20, March 31-April 4, 2020 — This event was scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, California, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was held virtually
  29. MW21, April 5–9, 2021 — Washington DC, US