T d & Ch llTrends & Challenges: The Next Generation of ExhibitionsThe Next Generation of Exhibitions

from the purely aesthetic & didactic

hi hl…to highly interactiveinteractive& contextual

Its all about

INTERPRETIATION!INTERPRETIATION!

Why do we

We care because…

• Most important COMMUNICATION tool• Most important COMMUNICATION tool.

• Our AUDIENCE is changing and we need to be RELEVANT in order to connect them to our stories andRELEVANT in order to connect them to our stories and collections.

• We need to address MULTIPLE VOICES

• There is greater COMPETION.

• CREATIVE and CULTURAL TOURISM is growing• CREATIVE and CULTURAL TOURISM is growing.

• We need to ENGAGE with COMPLEX GLOBAL EVENTS

• Large investment – MONEY, TIME, SPACE

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Attract YOUTHFUL a diences sed to high• Attract YOUTHFUL audiences used to hightech means of communication

• Can establish RELEVANCE

• Creates opportunities for multiple layers of pp p yinformation.

• Improves ACCESSIBILITY– more than one• Improves ACCESSIBILITY– more than one way to communicate content

Technology: Multi-touchgy

Technology: Interactive Mapsgy p

Technology: QR Codes/Smartphonegy p

Technology: Augmented Realitygy g y

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Technology: Gesture Basedgy

Technology: Audioscapesgy p

Challenges of Technologyg gy

Can be e tremel EXPENSIVE to prod ce and• Can be extremely EXPENSIVE to produce and install.

• Can impact OPERATIONS through additional staffing and maintenance costs.

• Can OVER STIMULATE audiences.

• Can and DETRACT from the collections and• Can and DETRACT from the collections and stories you want to tell.

Human Interaction

Visible Storage

“Back-of-house” becomes “front-of-house”

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Back-of-house becomes front-of-house

Thematic Visible Storageg

Interdisciplinary

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Combining art, design, archaeology, and culture with science and technology.

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Personal Stories

Intimate, personal stories can bring artifacts to life and/or make , p g /connections with difficult subject matter.

Co-Curation

Co-Curation

BMW Guggenheim Lab brings together people from diverse backgrounds in a public space to address issues of public concern.

How to improve the quality of life in the

icontemporary city.

Direct-Dialogueg

“Behind the Scenes” Access

Enhanced Orientation

Enhanced Orientation

Enhanced Orientation

Enhanced Orientation

Current/In-The-News

Voice

The “Fun Factor”

Idea-based Interpretationp

Multiple Pathwaysp y

CSI: The Experience, Traveling Exhibition

Non-Outcome Based Learningg

Non-Outcome Based Learningg

Weston Family Learning Centre

Weston Family Innovation Centre

Non-Outcome Based Learningg

Washington State Historical Society – History Lab Learning Center

Musée du Louvre-DNP Museum Lab Museum Sheffield – History Lab

Making Connections | Social Mediag |

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What is this change?

Passive User

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Active UserPassive User

Presentations

Active User

Tools/Resources

Museum Venue Community Venue

Informing

Museum’s Voice

Training

Multiple VoicesMuseum s Voice

Teacher/Authority

Multiple Voices

Peer Learning

Visitor Member

Implicationsp

E hibition teams ith DIVERSE SKILLS• Exhibition teams with DIVERSE SKILLS.

• New OPERATIONAL paradigm.

• Larger BUDGETS required for both capitol and operations.p

• Greater need for CHANGE – Temporary versus Permanent displaysPermanent displays.

Its all about

INTERPRETIATION!INTERPRETIATION!

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!Maria PiacenteVice President

Lord Cultural Resourcesmpiacente@lord.ca