Francisco Doménech, Museos Científicos Coruñeses, Spain

http://www.casaciencias.org

Abstract

Overwhelmed by the task of bringing the science center's experience to the Web, we focused on a single exhibition. At Science Museums of Coruña, Spain, we created a new microsite to complement an exhibition on Darwin. The main goal was taking to the Web the idea behind our physical exhibits: to explore, play, spark curiosity, ask questions and start to look for the answers. So we made use of Web 2.0 services to create interactive online experiences that connect people with ideas. These 2.0 exhibits are the core of the exhibition's microsite, which is a multimedia-content viewer with quick and simple navigation. More than a website, we developed a webapp that can be easily adapted to produce new exhibition websites. And our content developers were provided with the tools to do most of that work: creating and updating online exhibits.

Keywords: science centers, Web 2.0, exhibit, Darwin, creation