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{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}
The '''Museum Computer Network''' ('''MCN''') is a [[United States|US]]-based non-profit organization for professionals with an interest in the use of [[computer technology]] for [[museum]]s.

==Overview==
MCN was established in 1967 in the [[New York City]] area.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.mcn.edu/history | title=History | publisher=Museum Computer Network| accessdate=May 7, 2012}}</ref> The history of MCN spans a period during which information technology developed at an exponential pace. The organization began as an informal grouping of museums with the goal of automating registration records. With funding from the New York Council on the Arts, MCN developed a prototype mainframe network that was shared by participants from 1968 to 1971. When the funding ended in 1971, MCN was formally incorporated as a nonprofit organization that has since attracted members from around the world. As new technology superseded the original shared registration system, MCN evolved into a network of professionals wishing to improve their means of developing, managing, and conveying museum information through the use of automation.
 MCN organizes an annual conference, the MCN-L [[discussion forum]], [[special interest group]]s, an online directory of museum websites, etc. Members include individuals, institutions and companies. The organization is run by a Board of Directors. Officers include a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer.

==Conference==
MCN has held an annual conference since 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mcn.edu/conferences/past-conferences/ | title=Past Conferences | publisher=[[mcn.edu]] | accessdate=November 11, 2015}}</ref>
 '''Recent Conferences:'''
 2015 in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], November 4–7, 2015,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mcn.edu/mcn-2015-minneapolis/ | title=MCN2015 | accessdate=November 11, 2015}}</ref> with the title of ''The Invisible Architectures of Connected Museums''.
 2014 in [[Dallas, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mcn.edu/mcn-2015-dallas/ | title=MCN2014 | accessdate=November 11, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with the title of ''Think Big, Start Small, Create''.
 2013 in [[Montreal, Canada]] with the title of ''Re:making Museums''
 2012 in [[Seattle, Washington]] with the title of ''Shifting Perspective, Evolving Spaces, Disruptive Technologies''
 2011 in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] with the title of ''Hacking the Museum: Innovation, Agility and Collaboration''
 2010 in [[Austin, Texas]] with the title of ''I/O: The Museum Inside-out/Outside-in''
 [http://mcn.edu/conferences/past-conferences/ Complete list of MCN Conferences]

==''Spectra''==
MCN published ''Spectra'', established in 1974.<ref name="history" /> For example, the [[Computer Interchange of Museum Information]] (CIMI) Standards Framework was published in ''Spectra''.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://old.cni.org/pub/CIMI/framework.html | title=Standards Framework | author=CIMI | journal=Spectra | volume=20 | issue=2–3 | publisher=Museum Computer Network | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423184613/http://old.cni.org/pub/CIMI/framework.html | archivedate=2012-04-23 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Museums Computer Group]], United Kingdom
* [[Museum informatics]]
* [[Everett Ellin]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.mcn.edu/ MCN website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20021013082349/http://www.mcn.edu/resources/sitesonline.htm Museum Sites Online]}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080406150335/http://www.musetechcentral.org/ Mustech Central]}}, MCN Project Registry

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