LAL ART Partners with WAC Lab
to Better Serve Museums
Since 2021, we have teamed up with the We Are Museums team to develop the WAC Lab programs (Web3 for Arts and Culture). See below to learn more about the programs or visit directly the WAC LAB Website.
Services We Offer
Weekly Talks
WAC Weekly is a recurring online conversation where we exchange knowledge on the latest relevant topics at the intersection of web3 and the arts and cultures. WAC Weekly is organized every Wednesday at 6pm CET, and has been running since 2021.
Online Courses
Coming soon for WAC Lab members.
Make sure to become a member to have access to recordings of WAC WEEKLY talks and soon preferred rates on online courses.
Fellowship
The WAC Museums Fellowship offers an exclusive and intensive six-week training designed explicitly for cultural institutions embarking on their web3 journey. This program covers a diverse range of topics, from the principles of web3 to the blockchain applications for museums, immersive computing, the metaverse, and the influence of generative artificial intelligence.
Incubator
An accelerator program for museums to build their first web3 project. As the innovative heart of WAC Lab, WAC Factory is where cultural institutions and tech integrators come together in a 4-week program to create web3-powered projects that redefine the boundaries of art and technology.
Start with our educational handbooks!
Blockchain 101
Issue 1: Explore the origins of web3 and decentralization, as well as blockchain technology and its impact on the arts and culture sector.
Blockchain for Arts & Culture 101
Issue 2: Your first step to make sense of the art & culture blockchain space, from NFTs to marketplaces + how museums can use it with.
Museums Tech: 10 Blockchain Stories
Issue 3: Explore new ways of using blockchain technology for museums, and hear it directly from museum professionals.
The Team
Participating Museums
Third Cohort (2024)
Cleveland Public Library (United States), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (United States), Design Museum Brussels (Belgium), Die Neue Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne (Germany), Domaine national de Chambord (France), FUNDACIÓN UXÍO NOVONEYRA (Spain), Grand Egyptian Museum (Egypt), House of Arts Veszprém (Hungary), Hungarian National Museum (Hungary), IKSV - Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (Turkey), Museum Ulm (Germany), Muzeul National de Arta Timisoara (Romania), Palais de Tokyo (France), Parque Explora Corporation - Interactive Science Museum (Colombia), Sigg Art Foundation (Belgium), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (Greece), Swiss National Museum (Switzerland), The Kyiv National Art Gallery (Ukraine), Van Gogh Museum (The Netherlands), and XR HUB Bavaria (Germany)
Second Cohort (2023)
ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Australia), Belvedere Museum (Austria), Haus der Kunst München (Germany), HEK - House of Electronic Arts (Switzerland), French Ministry of Culture (France), Institute for Sound and Music (Germany), Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie (France), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka), National Taras Shevchenko Museum (partnering with ArtAegis and Modern Art Research Institute) (Ukraine), The Royal College of Art (United Kingdom) and the Wooko Makandie Foundation (The Netherlands).
First Cohort (2022)
BeFantastic (India), C/O Berlin (Germany), Light Art Space Foundation (Germany), NXT Museum (The Netherlands), Octobre Numérique (France), Signal Festival (Czech Republic), Van Gogh Museum (The Netherlands), Villa Albertine (United States)
Case Studies
Case Study 1: HEK, Basel, Switzerland
HEK - House of Electronic Arts: NFT Shop launch in collaboration with Leander Herzog (June 2023)
At the end of the 16 weeks of WAC Fellowship and WAC Factory, the team from HEK - House of Electronic Arts (Switzerland), launched their Tezos-powered NFT shop with a first drop in collaboration with Leander Herzog. This collaboration led to 256 NFTs minted and a total sales of 25,6K xtz. The NFT shop has been developed in collaboration with Smartchain.
Case Study 2: Orsay Museum, Paris, France
Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise Digital Souvenir launched by Musée d'Orsay (Autumn 2023, Paris, France)
The Musée d'Orsay (France) launched a Digital Souvenir on the occasion of their autumn exhibition “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise” from October 2023 to February 2024. Unlocking different benefits, the digital souvenir is also a new form of membership program. This project was developed in collaboration with Keru Projects (more information here).
Let’s Get Started
Send us a message detailing your advisory needs, and a member of our team will respond to you prompty.