Interactive and Hypermedia in Museums

Publication Type  Conference Paper
Year of Publication  1991
Authors  Bearman, David
Conference Name  Hypermedia & Interactivity in Museums, Proceedings of an International Conference
Publisher  Archives & Museum Informatics
Conference Location  Pittsburgh, PA
Keywords  ICHIM91
Abstract  

Museums provide an opportunity to interact with artifacts, specimens, and realia from beyond our everyday experience. Their holdings include that which is unique, remote, or difficult to perceive, and are therefore exhibited to us with interpretive text, images and sounds. The museum is a multimedia experience. Since the early 20th century museums have strived to be more than "cabinets of curiosities" to be viewed passively. In this volume we witness the latest efforts to interact more assertively with visitors, but despite the introduction of a new technology, they represent a continuity more than a radical departure.

URL  http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/hypermedia/hypermedia.Ch1.pdf

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