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Who are the main companies that create digital exhibitions for museums?

I feel like museums are largely moving beyond the traditional display format into a lot more interactive and virtual stuff. But who are the companies behind this shift in most museums, as I'm learning these aren't typically done by the museum staff itself. I know a few - Giant Spoon (NYC, LA), Momentum Worldwide (NYC), NeoPangea (Philly-based) - but who are the others? Who are the main players in digital/virtual museum displays (and are any of them beyond the coasts)?

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u/FlatulentOpossum — 11 days ago
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Arched Sistrum, 380–343 BCE Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30, Findspot unknown Egypt, Bronze.The Cleveland Museum of Art

Arched Sistrum

380–343 BCE
Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30

Medium
Bronze, hollow cast

Measurements
Overall: 21.4 x 5.3 cm (8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1990

Location
107 Egyptian

Description
A sistrum is a musical rattle. Metal disks strung on wires along the arched upper end of the sistrum produced a rustling sound that was supposed to have a calming effect on the nerves of various deities, especially the goddesses Hathor and Bastet. Appropriately, this example is decorated with a Hathor head (a woman with cow’s ears) and a cat (the image of Bastet). These instruments are particularly associated with women, who played them as members of a temple choir.

Provenance
Purchased from E.A. Abemayor, Cairo, through Howard Carter

Citations
University of Wisconsin--Madison. The Book and the Spade: April 13 to May 4, 1975 : the Wisconsin Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. 1975, 23. Mentioned; p. 23, no. 54.

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 445; Mentioned: p. 445-6

Exhibition History
The Book and the Spade. Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (organizer) (April 1-May 12, 1975).

Madison 1975; Malibu 1992, no. 31

Cite this Artwork
Arched Sistrum, 380–343 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30. Bronze, hollow cast; overall: 21.4 x 5.3 cm (8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1920.1990

Title
Arched Sistrum, 380–343 BCE** Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30, ** Findspot unknown Egypt, Bronze.The Cleveland Museum of Art

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1920.1990

The Cleveland Museum of Art

u/Handicapped-007 — 12 days ago