Audio guides are increasingly used to enhance museum interpretation and accessibility. The goal of this project was to create a prototype audio guide, develop a visitor tracking and heat mapping tool, and collect visitor data to support the Brunel Museum’s Reinvented Project. We visited local museums and interviewed staff to determine current practices in the design of audio guides. We tracked and observed visitors at the Brunel Museum using our visitor tracking tool and identified potential exhibit improvements. We recommend the museum use the tracking tool for future visitor evaluations and expand on our prototype audio guide by transferring it to Bloomberg Connects, adding QR code signage, and including translations for commonly spoken languages.

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Creator

• Carrington, Natalie
• Antupit, Benjamin
• Quinn, Connor
• Ugras, Sage

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Culture
• Infrastructure
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 121626
• E-project-042524-042022

Keyword

• Audio Guide
• Visitor Tracking
• Thames Tunnel
• Museum
• Audio Tour
• Visitor Research

Advisor

• Golding, Dominic
• Bursten, Bruce

Year

• 2024

Center

• London, England Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• The Brunel Museum

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2024-04-25

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-042524-042022

Rights statement

• In Copyright