Curating with technology: How to bring old fashion back to life in museum exhibitions

Social museums, constantly challenged by changing visitors' needs, are beginning to adopt technology in order to enrich guests' experiences. However, designing an exhibition that incorporates digital tools is not easy - it requires a new approach and expertise in both cultural heritage and technology. At the same time, there is a lack of clear guidance on how to effectively design digitally enhanced exhibitions. In this work we follow a human-centric approach, which engages both museum curators and technical experts throughout all stages of the exhibition design. The process, presented in Figure 1, starts with a focus group with curators (N = 4) aiming at understanding the current museum challenges and exploring ways to address them. Based on the workshop results, an initial design is prepared, which is later reiterated during 8 co-design sessions (N = 15). The final design is validated during the validation session (N = 6), resulting in a set of requirements important for social VR fashion exhibition design. The study provides insights for curators into how exhibitions of the future could look like and guidelines on how to design such an exhibition, engaging the technology team throughout the whole process.

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