A project of the Benbough Operating Foundation, the Balboa Park Online Collaborative was created to fundamentally change the way museums, cultural arts and science institutions in Balboa Park approach the use of online technology.
It is intended to make online technology an integral part of the way the institutions fulfill their missions, interact with patrons, and collaborate, to improve their technology capabilities while reducing costs by bringing organizations with similar needs together on mutually beneficial projects, and to allow smaller institutions get the benefit of having technology systems of the same quality as larger organizations, who in turn benefit from streamlined expenditures.
The overarching goal is for every institution to be able to dedicate more resources to their primary mission while reaching a larger audience.