engineering company now specialising in text and multimedia information systems based in covent garden central london england and founded in 1970 . 1 under the chairmanship of john lansdown following collaborative research work at the royal college of art system simulation carried out pioneering computer animation work applying computer graphics techniques in tv and film creating many advertising sequences the flight deck instrumentation readouts on the nostromo spaceship for ridley scott s alien 2 and the animation of martin lambie nairn s original channel 4 logo . 3 more recently system simulation has specialised in museum information systems commercial and archival image library systems information management and delivery for publishers news services and professional and commercial organisations . museumindex the museum information management system supports collections management digital archives and interactive public access . clients include the british museum london s transport museum the victoria and albert museum getty images 4 scran scottish cultural resources access network and culture24 . they develop content management systems and cd rom web products and services for the publishing sector and for information service providers . the company provides technical support for the online services of culture24 the uk s leading virtual museum resource . 5 the company has often hosted meetings of the computer arts society . 6 awards won by company and their clients edit british computer society it award winner 1994 plato uk with guy s and st thomas hospital trust and royal botanic gardens kew british computer society it award medallist 1995 rocknrom with michael wadleigh and penguin books british computer society it award medallist 1996 index software system . bt new statesman best education website 2001 the 24 hour museum http www.culture24.org.uk american association of museums silver muse award 2001 excellence in the use of media and technology for collections database and research resource scran http www.scran.ac.uk institute of information scientists jason farradine award 2001 an outstanding piece of work in the information field scran http www.scran.ac.uk national library for the blind visionary design award 2002 the british museum compass website for accessibility to the visually impaired . www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk compass ivca biz net award winner best public information website 2002 the 24 hour museum since rebranded as culture24 http www.culture24.org.uk home becta the guardian uk education website awards 2002 shortlisted scran http www.scran.ac.uk museums and the web culture 24 best of the web winner in the category long lived april 2010 7 europeana foundation hack4europe casual curator winner in the category social inclusion june 2011 8 see also edit john lansdown director from 1977 . references edit system simulation ltd. the alacra store 6 december 2007 . mason catherine 2008 . a computer in the art room the origins of british computer arts 1950 80 . hindringham nr21 0dp jjg publishing . pp. 223 235 . isbn 978 1 899163 89 2 . mason catherine 2008 . a computer in the art room the origins of british computer arts 1950 80 . hindringham nr21 0dp jjg publishing . pp. 235 237 . isbn 978 1 899163 89 2 . hulton getty on line . culture24 site credits culture24 retrieved 7 december 2009 . cas programme computer arts society uk . best of the web long lived retrieved 30 aug 2012 casual curator hack4europe retrieved 30 aug 2012 external links edit official website coordinates 51 30 42 n 0 7 15 w 51.51167 n 0.12083 w 51.51167 ; 0.12083 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title system simulation & oldid 519748775 categories companies established in 1970companies based in londonsoftware companies of the united kingdommuseum companiesmuseum informaticshidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 october 2012 at 12 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view