Downgraded & Upcycled: A Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition About Legacy Media
University of Richmond Museums presents Downgraded and Upcycled: A Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition About Legacy Media, on view from March 6 to May 11, 2018, at the Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature. The exhibition focuses on the awareness of legacy media and the potential loss of history and memories currently stored in increasingly obsolete formats.
What is legacy media? Legacy media refers to formats of storing content that are slowly becoming obsolete, such as Video Home System (VHS) tapes, audio cassette tapes, vinyl albums, CDs, DVDs, and many others that might be found gathering dust in the back of closets. These formats are being replaced by new media storage platforms such as the internet and cloud storage, smart phones, and mobile apps. Students in the Museum Studies Seminar class explore different types of legacy media and present it as a form of experience and exploration.
