Dulwich OnView is a museum-based virtual community associated with the Dulwich Picture Gallery for the local community, based in the suburb of Dulwich, southeast London.Beazley, Ingrid, Reach new audiences, increase numbers of visitors, and become a major part of the local community by using online social networking sites and blogs. In David Bearman and Jennifer Trant (editors), MW2008: Museums and the Web 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 9–12 April 2008. Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics.Beazley, Ingrid, Social Media and Museums — A Report from Ingrid in Montreal, Dulwich OnView, 15 April 2008.Who We Are , Dulwich OnView. It runs a blog-based online magazine concerned with people and culture in Dulwich and the surrounding area.Ooi, Yang-May, Patrons of Dulwich Picture Gallery, Fusion View, 31 March 2009.
The group was formed through the Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery in a grassroots manner.Friends of the Gallery , Dulwich Picture Gallery. and is supported by the Gallery.In View & Dulwich OnView , Dulwich Picture Gallery. It uses a Facebook group for the film society of the Friends of the Dulwich Picture Gallery,GalleryFilm at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Facebook. Flickr for photographs taken by the local community,Dulwich Picture Gallery flickr Friends, Flickr. a magazine blog on WordPress,Blogs about: Dulwich Onview, WordPress. and Twitterdulwichonview, Twitter. to support its activities. The group is entirely run by volunteers.
In 2010, the website was updated with multiple sections and a new style.Liu, Alison H.Y., McDaid, Sarah, Bowen, Jonathan P., and Beazley, Ingrid, Dulwich OnView: A Museum Blog Run by the Community for the Community. In David Bearman and Jennifer Trant (editors), MW2010: Museums and the Web 2010, Denver, United States, 13–17 April 2010. Archives & Museum Informatics.Beazley, Ingrid, Bowen, Jonathan P., McDaid, Sarah, and Liu, Alison H.Y., Dulwich OnView: An art museum-based virtual community generated by the local community. In Alan Seal, Jonathan P. Bowen, and Kia Ng (eds.), EVA London 2010 Conference Proceedings, Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC), British Computer Society, 2010, pages 79–86. Shortly afterwards, the site won the Museums and the Web 2010 Best of the Web awards in the "best small site" category.Beazley, Ingrid, DOV Wins International Award , Dulwich OnView, 19 April 2010.
In 2012, Dulwich OnView included articles on the graffiti artist Stik after he produced works in Dulwich, also featured by Dulwich Picture Gallery. In 2013, Dulwich OnView reported on the Dulwich Street Art Festival showcasing street art based on traditional artworks in Dulwich Picture Gallery, forming Dulwich Outdoor Gallery.
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