ExhibiTricks: The Museum Exhibit Design Blog: Sometimes as part of a museum exhibit experience, we'd like the users to make a choice of some sort -- "Which historical figure do you want to find out about?" "Choose one of these six minerals to test ..." "Did your animal survive the winter?" and so on.
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I’m quite interested in possibly doing exhibit design in the future, so this was interesting for me to learn more about the thought process that goes behind it. I agree that it can be exciting and engaging when exhibits allow the audience to make a choice of their own. I had never really thought about the fact that when these exhibits are designed, designers actively have to make the decision whether they want to include technology or not in their exhibit. I completely agree with the author of this article’s perspective on this decision. It is definitely more engaging and social when the audience is able to use physical items such as a spinning wheel instead of a screen. I had not even thought of the fact that actually using physical items can be inherently more accessible for people who may have low vision. I think that by choosing to use physical items for an audience to play with in an exhibition, instead of a screen, you can make it a lot more engaging experience and an easier setup and maintenance.
As a kid I had the opportunity to go to so many museums and visit them repeatedly for different events and touring exhibits. I have always been interested in who designs the museum because it just seems like something most people don’t even notice but the way a museum is set up plays a huge role in how it is perceived. I have been in some really poorly designed exhibits and honestly they have been awful experiences. So it really does make all the difference, especially when the museum is crowded. I thought the article was very interesting and informative, as I really didn’t know a whole lot about how to set it up other than just general knowledge of flow and organization. It is interesting to see all of the thought that goes into putting together a museum and it is something that I would definitely like to research further as that would be a job I am interested in.
This was a very interesting article to read. Museum exhibits have always puzzled me. Some of them I love and am immediately drawn in and find it hard to move to the next one because of how entranced I am with the current one. However, then there are some that just seem to fall flat on their face and I do not really understand the message they are trying to get across or I just frankly do not think they are that interesting. And I understand that it is purely my individual taste and personal life experience that allowed me to perceive it that way, but it is still interesting to me what the differences are between those two exhibits. Now that I have read this article, the next time I visit an exhibit, I will look for these things and decide what choices I liked and didn’t like and help fule my own knowledge of exhibits.
I wish I stumbled upon this earlier in my life! Previously in school we had to design our own exhibits, board games, and carnival games. I’ve always wanted to do an automated system because it seemed more cool, but after reading this article, I realized that just using traditional ways like using dice is more interactive and keeps the audience engaged better. When going to exhibits I love it when I get to interact and make choices that help me learn more about the topic being shown. I remember doing something like that for my High School Biology class when we were learning about the water cycle, we picked from a baggie what our next step would be, and that was really fun, because even though it was random, it helped me learn more about what the water cycle more realistic would be like, as opposed to what we learned in middle school, where it was just a full circle.
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