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

MARSHALL, Mark T., DULAKE, Nick, PETRELLI, Daniela and KOCKELKORN, Hub (2015). From the deposit to the exhibit floor: an exploration on giving museum objects personality and social life. In: CHI EA '15. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA, ACM, 1917-1922.

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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 to present 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 they talk directly to the visitor: those that capture visitors' interest as physical presence or Twitter conversation stay on display; the lower scorer is replaced. We report the co-design and preliminary evaluation carried out in the museum with both museum professionals and casual visitors.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, held Apr 18-23, 2015, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Art and Design Research Centre
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Computing
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1145/2702613.2732872
Page Range:	1917-1922
Depositing User:	Mark Marshall
Date Deposited:	07 May 2015 10:29
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 02:21
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9792

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