A Prototypical Interactive Exhibition for the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Dimitris Grammenos, Xenophon Zabulis, Damien Michel, Pashalis Padeleris, Thomas Sarmis, Giannis Georgalis, Panagiotis Koutlemanis, Konstantinos Tzevanidis, Antonis Argyros, Michalis Sifakis, Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Constantine Stephanidis · International Journal of Heritage in the Digital Era · 2013
In 2010, the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (ICS-FORTH) and the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (AMTh) collaborated towards the creation of a special exhibition of prototypical interactive systems with subjects drawn from ancient Macedonia, named “Macedonia from fragments to pixels”. The exhibition comprises seven interactive systems based on the research outcomes of ICS-FORTH's Ambient Intelligence Programme. Up to the summer of 2012, more than 165.000 people have visited it. The paper initially provides some background information, including related previous research work, and then illustrates and discusses the development process that was followed for creating the exhibition. Subsequently, the technological and interactive characteristics of the project's outcomes (i.e., the interactive systems) are analysed and the complementary evaluation approaches followed are briefly described. Finally, some conclusions stemming from the project are highlighted.