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DAM_SCOUT: A mobile experience platform at the Denver Art Museum

Koven Smith — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:53:11 +0000

MW2012

Keywords:

mobile

Keywords:

content management

Keywords:

publication platform

Keywords:

iPhone app

Keywords:

android

Keywords:

digital mobile museum tour

Abstract:

This presentation will be a demonstration of the capabilities of the DAM_SCOUT mobile application platform, developed in 2011 at the Denver Art Museum. Visitors to the demonstration will be taken through a number of the possible scenarios enabled by the platform, including traditional tours, sharing, long-term narratives, person-based content triggering, and others. Attendees will be able to download and use the mobile app as well as see a demonstration of the Content Management System being used to provide content to the app. Because DAM_SCOUT is a different type of mobile platform from the traditional tour-based experiences, the demonstration will be used as a jumping-off point to engage with attendees in discussions about how to expand, extend, and re-imagine the kinds of experiences visitors to museums can have.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations I

Site:

http://collective.denverartmuseum.org/

Authors:

Koven Smith

Bridging the Physical and Virtual Experiences: Two Approaches by the Museum of Inuit Art

aprocida — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:34:04 +0000

MW2012

Published Paper:

Bridging the Physical and Virtual Experiences: Two Approaches by the Museum of Inuit Art

Keywords:

digital mobile museum tour

Keywords:

website

Keywords:

QR codes

Keywords:

Google Art Project

Keywords:

virtual tour

Keywords:

audience interaction

Abstract:

The Museum of Inuit Art has been experimenting over the past year with strategies to better connect our varied audiences with the museum’s collections. Many of our visitors are not local members of the community and so pursuing initiatives to share content with them on the web has been a primary goal. In late 2011, MIA is launching two new ways to bridge online content with the physical museum: installing a QR Code interactive tour in the museum’s physical space and also launching an interactive virtual tour of the museum on the web. With the first project, QR Codes will be placed around the museum on specific sculptures and artwork. Using a smartphone, guests can take a picture of a QR Code and be directed to a mobile Wordpress page with additional information, embedded Youtube videos, audio clips and even Google Maps coordinates showing the origin of the piece. The second project will create a Flash-based virtual tour of the museum, so that users online as well as sponsors of the museum can take a “Google StreetView”-like tour through the museum, partially inspired by the Google Art Project. This paper will compare responses to the two projects and comment on lessons learned for small museum entering these arenas.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations II

Authors:

Alysa Procida

Rob Mausser

Explorer - Mobile Navigation and Interpretation at the American Museum of Natural History

lperrylube — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:08:15 +0000

MW2011

Linda Perry-Lube and Melissa Lefkowitz, American Museum of Natural History, USA

http://www.amnh.org/apps/explorer.php

Abstract

This paper advocates a visitor-centric approach to designing a solution for navigation and interpretation. The American Museum of Natural History iPhone application Explorer combines state of the art location awareness, interpretation, and social networking to deliver an enhanced visitor experience both onsite and online. AMNH had four objectives with this project: to facilitate visitor navigation, to provide an application that appeals to visitors and encourages repeat visits, to enhance exhibit information without detracting from the exhibits themselves; and to anneal visitors' onsite and online experiences. This paper examines the reasoning behind utilizing a mobile device for wayfinding; the choice of the iPhone platform; the challenge of bringing "GPS indoors" and the resultant technical solution; feature set determination and usability; the role of mobile devices in the pre- and post-Museum visit continuum; the challenges of curated mobile content creation; deploying the application on Museum-supplied devices and through the iTunes store; and marketing of the device and app. The authors present the challenges faced by the American Museum of Natural History in executing a cross-Museum enterprise and share lessons learned, in order to offer the wider museum community an opportunity to build on our experience and expertise.

Keywords: mobile, iphone app, location awareness, digital mobile museum tour, mobile exhibition, wayfinding

Program Item Reference:

Explorer - Mobile Navigation and Interpretation at the American Museum of Natural History

Developing Dynamic Visitors Guides, Floor plans, Mobile Navigation and Location Awareness

lperrylube — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:51:33 +0000

MW2011

Keywords:

location aware mobile computing

Keywords:

digital mobile museum tour

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WI-FI triangulation

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iphone

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iTouch

Keywords:

mobile phones

Abstract:

This workshop is now full.

Workshop examines the processes to identify visitors’ navigation and interpretation needs; and develop and deploy dynamic wayfinding, mapping, tours and visitor guides. Attendees will review the American Museum of Natural History Explorer implementation as a case study. Members of the Museum’s Digital Media department, Networking/IT department and the Museum’s development partner, Spotlight Mobile will share how they developed and deployed the Explorer iPhone app.

Workshop includes a review of the technical steps necessary to deploy location awareness including WI-FI access, CISCO MSE, data interpretation, routing and content management. The workshop will also review options for Museums to create tours, floor plans and dynamic visitor guide content with minimal effort through the Meridian web based editor.

Type:

Workshop - full or half day

Mobiles Inside Museums - FULL

Site:

http://www.amnh.org/apps/explorer.php

Authors:

Linda Perry-Lube

Explorer - Mobile Navigation and Interpretation at the American Museum of Natural History

lperrylube — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:51:59 +0000

MW2011

Published Paper:

Explorer - Mobile Navigation and Interpretation at the American Museum of Natural History

Keywords:

wayfinding

Keywords:

explorer

Keywords:

navigation

Keywords:

application

Keywords:

iphone

Keywords:

iTouch

Keywords:

mobile phones

Keywords:

collection

Keywords:

downloadable

Keywords:

digital mobile museum tour

Keywords:

location awareness

Abstract:

This paper advocates a visitor-centric approach to designing a solution for navigation and interpretation. The American Museum of Natural History iPhone application Explorer combines state of the art location awareness, interpretation, and social networking to deliver an enhanced visitor experience both onsite and online. AMNH had three objectives with this project: to facilitate visitor navigation, to provide an application that appeals to visitors and encourages repeat visits, and to enhance exhibit information without detracting from the exhibits themselves. This paper examines the reasoning behind utilizing a mobile device for wayfinding; the choice of the iPhone platform; the challenge of bringing “GPS indoors” and the resultant technical solution; feature set determination and usability; the role of mobile devices in the pre- and post-Museum visit continuum; the challenges of curated mobile content creation; deploying the application on Museum-supplied devices and through the iTunes store; and marketing of the device and app. We will present the challenges faced by AMNH in executing a cross-Museum enterprise and share lessons learned, in order to offer the wider museum community an opportunity to build on our experience and expertise.

Type:

Paper - in formal session

Mobile Parade

Site:

http://www.amnh.org/apps/explorer.php

Authors:

Linda Perry-Lube

Melissa Lefkowitz

MORITZ: A European mobile media project for historical textile industry museums

jtrant — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:56:06 +0000

Klütsch, C., Koplin M., & Eirund H. (2007). MORITZ: A European mobile media project for historical textile industry museums. (Trant, Jennifer, David Bearman, Ed.).Museums and the Web 2007. Proceedings.