From the deposit to the exhibit floor: An exploration on giving museum objects personality and social life

Mark T. Marshall, Nick Dulake, Daniela Petrelli, Hub Kockelkorn

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Abstract

Museum objects have fascinating stories but are often presented in a detached, objective way that tends to keep visitors at a distance. In a collaborative research we have explored a different way of presenting museum objects: fifteen exhibits from the museum deposit compete for one of the four display cases on the exhibit floor. Objects are given a personal voice and a character and speak directly to the visitor: those that capture visitors' interest (based on physical presence or Twitter conversations) stay on display; the lowest scoring object is replaced. We report the co-design and preliminary evaluation carried out in the museum with both museum professionals and casual visitors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2015 - Extended Abstracts Publication of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publicationCrossings
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1917-1922
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450331463
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Apr 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 18 Apr 201523 Apr 2015

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume18

Conference

Conference33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period18/04/1523/04/15

Keywords

  • Co-design
  • Embodied interaction
  • Humour
  • Interactive cases
  • Museum
  • Social media

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