The purpose of this project is to enhance the visitors’ experience by creating interactive media to supplement the Knights! Exhibition in the Worcester Art Museum. The result is an informative web-based Map and Timeline Application. The application launched at the opening night of the Knights! Exhibition on March 28th 2014, showcasing the chronological and geographical relationships of the twelve helmets in the Knights of the Round Table section. It transformed the exhibition into a more interactive space, expanding the museum’s visitor demographics. In addition, it replaced the extended wall labels about the helmets. The application was highly regarded by the museum and its visitors. By the time the project concluded, the museum had also adapted the application for use in other galleries.

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Creator

• Kuntanarumitkul, Pitchaya
• Li, Wanbin
• Kuang, Jingtian
• Patikorn, Thanaporn

Subject

• Industry
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050714-085751

Keyword

• Digital humanities
• Application software--Development
• Interactive multimedia
• Museum exhibits

Advisor

• Cocola, Jim
• Rosenstock, Joshua

Year

• 2014

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Worcester Art Museum

Date created

• 2014-05-07

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-11-20