Karin de Wild is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Museum and Collection Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on virtual museology, digital arts, and culture.Nadezhda Povroznik is Research Associate at the Institute for History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Her research specializes in virtual museology and web history.

• Introduction PART 1 Pioneering virtual museums 1. Early virtual science museums: when the technology is not mature 2. Preserving the international museum of women: an interview with Marie Williams Chant Part 2 Digital initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic 3. Accessing the artwork in COVID-19: loss, recovery and reimagination 4. An analysis of the role of digital technology in the online exhibition of the art museum in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic Part 3 Curation in virtual museums 5. Header/footer gallery: creating and sustaining an online only art gallery 6. Digital Pierrot Museum from Pristina to the Moon: an interview with Willred Dallto Part 4 Embracing open standards 7. Rethinking openness: a social constructivist approach to the promises of the new museology 8. How "open" are Australian museums? A review through the lens of copyright governance Part 5 Museums' digital identities 9. Museums’ digital identity: key components 10. Framing digital identities through social media in museums 11. A diachronic cluster analysis of Danish museum websites

Karin de Wild is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Museum and Collection Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on virtual museology, digital arts, and culture.Nadezhda Povroznik is Research Associate at the Institute for History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Her research specializes in virtual museology and web history.

• Introduction PART 1 Pioneering virtual museums 1. Early virtual science museums: when the technology is not mature 2. Preserving the international museum of women: an interview with Marie Williams Chant Part 2 Digital initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic 3. Accessing the artwork in COVID-19: loss, recovery and reimagination 4. An analysis of the role of digital technology in the online exhibition of the art museum in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic Part 3 Curation in virtual museums 5. Header/footer gallery: creating and sustaining an online only art gallery 6. Digital Pierrot Museum from Pristina to the Moon: an interview with Willred Dallto Part 4 Embracing open standards 7. Rethinking openness: a social constructivist approach to the promises of the new museology 8. How "open" are Australian museums? A review through the lens of copyright governance Part 5 Museums' digital identities 9. Museums’ digital identity: key components 10. Framing digital identities through social media in museums 11. A diachronic cluster analysis of Danish museum websites

Karin de Wild is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Museum and Collection Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on virtual museology, digital arts, and culture.Nadezhda Povroznik is Research Associate at the Institute for History at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. Her research specializes in virtual museology and web history.

• Introduction PART 1 Pioneering virtual museums 1. Early virtual science museums: when the technology is not mature 2. Preserving the international museum of women: an interview with Marie Williams Chant Part 2 Digital initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic 3. Accessing the artwork in COVID-19: loss, recovery and reimagination 4. An analysis of the role of digital technology in the online exhibition of the art museum in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic Part 3 Curation in virtual museums 5. Header/footer gallery: creating and sustaining an online only art gallery 6. Digital Pierrot Museum from Pristina to the Moon: an interview with Willred Dallto Part 4 Embracing open standards 7. Rethinking openness: a social constructivist approach to the promises of the new museology 8. How "open" are Australian museums? A review through the lens of copyright governance Part 5 Museums' digital identities 9. Museums’ digital identity: key components 10. Framing digital identities through social media in museums 11. A diachronic cluster analysis of Danish museum websites