Museums are increasingly trying to incorporate technology in their physical spaces in order to enhance visitors' experience. How can technology change a visitor's experience of the museum's physical space? As visitors consume more mobile content, new approaches are required for both content and software development. Learn about the IMA and its approach to technology.
44. Gray Bowman, Kyle Jaebker, Rita Troyer
Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA
@IMALab
Editor's Notes
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Changes in staffing
Limited resources
Simplification and reuse provide time for exploration
K
Better product / easier process
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Step 1: Removing complexity
Performance & audience
Don’t want to make assumptions about our users’ device performance capabilities
Unified work for our team/easier for designers to jump in throughout entire process
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Traditional stack is LAMP
Caching has become necessary
New technologies enabling shorter stacks
Fewer points of failure
Stack is not just server software, but libraries too
Careful of stack / library dependency failure
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Speed of iteration
Ability to modify / create new versions more quickly
Feedback from evaluation and users
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Reuse of design, data, tools
Increased reliability
Resources/time
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Iterative design methods
Responsive (Seamless experience across devices)
Multi platform
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Increased reliability
Familiarity/speed
Give example of survey code
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Increased reliability
Familiarity/speed
Give example of survey code
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Increased reliability
Familiarity/speed
Give example of survey code
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R
Resources / staff
Content collaboration
Learning curve (CMS / Drupal)
Time
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Context to works of art, aid in visitors understanding
Contemporary exhibition/younger audience
Themed around show/title treatment
Reuse of similar sections (Timeline, Themes, Interviews, and Events & Programs)
20th century artist
Timeline, Process, Quotes, and Connections
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K
Reuse of content
Technology / TAP
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G
Central data warehouse
Integration with other museum systems (EMU, Piction, Razors Edge)
Re-architecting museum data
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G
Separation of concerns
Centralized logic
Skill ability
Language agnostic
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Event subscription system / publish subscribe
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Event based code
Inifinitely expandable
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Overview of visitor flow project
Analysis
Bluetooth low energy
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