Development of digital science museum based on visitors' memories

• IWAZAKI Kumiko

  Kinjo Gakuin University

• GOTO Masato

  Kinjo Gakuin University

• WAKATA Misato

  Nagoya University

• MUROI Katsuhiro

  Nagoya City Science Museum

• YASUDA Takami

  Nagoya University

Abstract

The five major functions of a museum are collection, preservation, exhibition, research, and education. Previously, museums concentrated primarily on collecting objects and exhibiting them effectively. Recently, however, the focus has shifted to what the visitor is doing in the museum, the so-called "museum experience." It has become clearer that a visitor not only learns in a museum, but has various individual experiences. In this study, we use Falk's theory of "making of meaning" in a museum to investigate museum experiences at the Nagoya City Science Museum. We develop a digital museum, the "Digital Time Capsule," which uses visitor recollections of their interaction with the museum.

Journal

• Journal of Socio-Informatics

  Journal of Socio-Informatics 5 (1), 27-36, 2012

  The Society of Socio-Informatics

Keywords

• museum
• digital museum
• digital content
• memory
• archive

Details

• CRID: 1390282680314515456
• NII Article ID: 110009543965
• DOI: 10.14836/jsi.5.1_27
• ISSN: 24322156
• ISSN: 18829171
• Text Lang: en
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  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
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