Designing for meaningful visitor engagement at a living history museum

Luigina Ciolfi; Marc Mcloughlin

doi:10.1145/2399016.2399028

Designing for meaningful visitor engagement at a living history museum

Luigina Ciolfi
, Marc Mcloughlin

University of Limerick

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Abstract

This paper presents an interactive installation designed to facilitate and support visitor engagement in a living history museum. Little research thus far has explored how interaction design can bring added value to living history museums, although they present great potential for participation, interactivity and engagement. We discuss the design rationale for the prototype installation we have developed for a living history museum called Bunratty Folk Park, and present exemplars of empirical data showing how the system merged into the site facilitating an engaging experience for a particular category of visitors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NordiCHI 2012
Subtitle of host publication	Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Pages	69-78
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2399016.2399028
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design, NordiCHI 2012 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 14 Oct 2012 → 17 Oct 2012

Publication series

Name	NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Conference

Conference	7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design, NordiCHI 2012
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	14/10/12 → 17/10/12

Keywords

Cultural heritage
Interaction design
Living history
Museums
Tangible interaction
User engagement

UN SDGs

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Ciolfi, L., & Mcloughlin, M. (2012). Designing for meaningful visitor engagement at a living history museum. In NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 69-78). (NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction). https://doi.org/10.1145/2399016.2399028

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Ciolfi, L & Mcloughlin, M 2012, Designing for meaningful visitor engagement at a living history museum. in NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 69-78, 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design, NordiCHI 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark, 14/10/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2399016.2399028

Designing for meaningful visitor engagement at a living history museum. / Ciolfi, Luigina; Mcloughlin, Marc.
NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 2012. p. 69-78 (NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction).

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Ciolfi L, Mcloughlin M. Designing for meaningful visitor engagement at a living history museum. In NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 2012. p. 69-78. (NordiCHI 2012: Making Sense Through Design - Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction). doi: 10.1145/2399016.2399028

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