A project focused on two starting points: the lack of information about Libyan museums available on the website of the International Council of African Museums, and the apparent lack of museum websites in this country.

Project Museums in Libya 2.0 was initiated by lamusediffuse. This collaborative team explores the forms, impact and possibilities of electronic technologies in contemporary culture. It believes that social software has a huge potential for making culture accessible in and about developing countries and areas under conflict.

It started as a group of Fulbright Scholars from different parts of the world, sharing a common interest in improving lives for individuals by improving access to culture through digital technologies and their creations.

lamusediffuse is interested in the social web’s possibilities for cultural dissemination and understanding among different areas of the world. It is fully committed to implementing initiatives on those cultural spheres of the world and using different languages to spread a diverse idea of culture on the web.

The objective of this project has been overcoming both realities through the following actions:

• overcoming the gaps of Web1.0 by using a methodology based on Web 2.0 tools as a flexible, interactive and participative alternative option of information exchange;
• proving the usefulness of social web academic and its tools as a valid and effective research tool;
• alleviating the lack of contents on Libyan museums on AFRICOM website by compiling, contrasting and structuring the information available on the Internet about the subject;
• creating a reference map to gather and locate the museums of Libya;
• raising awareness about the online institutional forgetfulness situation of Libyan Museums at the present time in comparison with others in the rest of the world;
• creating a methodological model for small museums and museums of developing countries or those in conflict situations, reasonable in economic and maintenance terms;
• encouraging museum professionals to use Web 2.0 tools as an economic, simple and effective solution to overcome any lack of computer science personnel or tools and digital technology;
• emphasising the importance and role of the Jamahiriya Museum of Tripoli and improving its online visibility for both international and local audiences;
• finally, creating a reference document about Libyan museums that will be published under a Creative Commons license of attribution and for noncommercial use.