Looking for Examples

Today I'm writing for inspiration.  I'm looking for examples from the field.  I'm creating a presentation for a museum about interactive digital opportunities to engage users.  I am looking for examples of how museums are using technologies, and any feedback on how its working.  I'm thinking of either creating a mobile website or an app for smartphone / tablet use however I would like to see some examples of what is working at other institutions to present as possibilities.  If anybody knows of any examples please leave them in the comments.

The next thing I'm looking for is a free website creation tool, that has the ability to scale the website to mobile interfaces as well as the main interface.  Ideally this would be something that I could create in some sort of test environment to present to the museum before having spent too much time on it.  I have been learning web languages, however I am not confident enough to attempt to write this from scratch, so I'm looking for some form of website builder.  I have found these: 

http://openpublicapp.com/

http://omeka.org/

Probelm being that there is no easy way to create an example and or check to see how they will work.  Please let me know if you know of any other places to look and any examples.

Back in the Saddle

Wow!  What a summer.  Working at the Washington State Archives, Eastern Region and Digital Archives has taught me a lot.  Right now I am beginning work on my MA final project in lieu of thesis.  This project will be creating an online and mobile experience for a museum in order to bring them into the 21st century.  During this project I am hoping to learn more about HTML, CSS, Java and other web languages in order to build this project from the ground up.  However if I am unable to learn all of this, I am going to be the content creator for the project.  I am hoping to gain valuable experience in creation.

My hope is that these exhibits will be a different experience for all of the different types of devices, desktop, tablet and smartphone which highlights the best qualities for all devices.  This project may be a bit ambitious, however I believe the way forward for public history lies in the digital sphere.

I will also be attending the Museum + Mobile conference on Oct. 23rd, to gain some more information about how these type of applications / websites are being used, what is and is not working.  I am very enthusiastic about this project and believe it will challenge my technical skills as well as increase my understanding of how the public absorbs history.  I am quite excited and am ready to take this on, if anybody out there has any publications or blogs dealing with this please link them to my site so that I can increase my knowledge base. 

The blog is back and will be updated at least weekly so keep coming back to see how I'm progressing.