2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Applications of Information Technology to Museum Exhibitions
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13490034
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
広領域
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| Research Institution | National Museum of Ethnology |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGITA Shigeharu National Museum of Ethnology, Department of Museum Ethnology, Professor, 博物館民俗学研究部, 教授 (40026042)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMAMOTO Yasunori National Museum of Ethnology, Department of Museum Ethnology, Associate Professor, 博物館民俗学研究部, 助教授 (60174819)
SONODA Naoko National Museum of Ethnology, Department of Museum Ethnology, Associate Professor, 博物館民俗学研究部, 助教授 (50236155)
KONDO Masaki National Museum of Ethnology, Department of Research Development, Professor, 民俗学研究開発センター, 教授 (40225628)
YAMADA Shoji The International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Associate Professor, 国際日本文化研究センター, 助教授 (20248751)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2002
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| Keywords | museum / art museum / information technology / mobile terminal / information retrieval system / exhibition explanation |
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| Research Abstract |
The following are research results of 2002.
1) Research in museums abroad.
a) Northern Europe. We studied 25 museums, art museums and so on in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm. There were not so many advanced electrical information systems for visitors. However, in the folk material room in the National Museum of Copenhagen, there was a good system which used touch-panel: First, we can look all shelves in the room. Second, we approach each shelf. Third we can look inside of each material of the shelf and get information or look pictures. In Stockholm zoo, there was a touch-panel signboard for visitors, especially for children to show where they could find the animals they wanted. It was a simple but interesting system.
b) South East Asia. We studied 15 museums, science technology museums and so on in Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore. In science technology museums, there were a lot of systems using information technology although they were mainly to entertain visitors rather than to deepen the understanding of visitors.
2) Research in museums in Japan
At a museum of Tokyo bayside, there was an electronic system more advanced than that of Seattle's experimental music project. Here in Japan, visitors could get information through not only sound but also moving pictures by using PDA mobile terminals. Visitors could also confirm the information they got in the museum through internet later.
3) Overall consideration to apply information technology to museum exhibitions
No organization had fully satisfying explanation system by video explanation system or guide system by sound in order to deepen visitors' understanding of the exhibition using multimedia data-base contents. It is important to fulfill contents and to introduce appropriate information technology for them. It will create problems but it will lead to development of new technology.
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Research Products
(16 results)
