This paper is presented in three parts. The first part examines the emerging models of the online museum to demonstrate how traditional museums are seeking to extend and recreate themselves through the Internet. This section also notes the genesis of the information metacentres as one way to encompass museum collections and processes. The second section of the paper will introduce Australian Museums On-Line (AMOL, http://amol.org.au) as one example of the information meta-centre, an integrated resource pool of digital museum information from distributed Australian museums and galleries communities. This section will examine salient aspects of this on-line community as offering a complimentary meeting place that is both virtual and real. The third section will look to the underlying design and architecture of the AMOL Website and introduce some of the projects that will be implemented at the site as a response to its users' needs.
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