Humanities and Social Science Studies of the Development and Evaluation of Dome Master Science Videos in Museums

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501275
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Museology
• Research Institution: National Museum of Ethnology
• Principal Investigator: MATSUOKA HATSUKI 国立民族学博物館, 民族社会研究部, 外来研究員 (80573740)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 博物館学 / 全天周科学映像 / 博物館教育 / 臨場感・没入感 / 博物館映像展示学 / 博物館観客調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study, in the learning of the museum, focusing on education from the interdisciplinary point of humanities and researchers of natural science has produced a science video of astronomy and space field. Moreover, dome video were evaluated for comprehension and satisfaction on the viewer. Attempt from this interdisciplinary point have been evaluated from a wide range of audience from children to adults.
In addition, a method of enhancing the sense of realism and immersive experience is a hallmark of the dome video, focusing on physical, social, the analysis technique in light of the visitor’s personal context. Not as a result of image resolution only, and clarifies the impact of psychological aspects of visitors. This is the country's first research results that revealed the nature of the dome image as the field of museology.

Free Research Field

博物館学