In an effort to revamp a gallery at WHM, a previous IQP investigated the use of digital technology. The IQP recommended WHM to evaluate a software called Open Exhibits (OE). Our original mission was to develop prototype touchscreens using OE for integration into the gallery. After evaluating OE and concluding that it required a great investment, our mission shifted to building a custom database, which could retrieve and display artifacts and information. In addition, we created an outline for an educational mini-game. The game created an opportunity for audience to engage with the exhibit. We recommend that WHM use the exhibit database and mini-game we created, perhaps expanding and improving upon them with future IQPs, and that they reserve OE for a potential renovation of the gallery.

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Creator

• Tisdelle, Drew D
• Welsh, Christofer Mathias
• Luna, Jonathan Esteban
• Aiudi, Roger Michael

Subject

• Culture
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-053017-161748

Keyword

• Application software--Development
• Electronic data processing

Advisor

• Cullon, Joseph

Year

• 2017

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Wallace, William
• Worcester Historical Museum

Date created

• 2017-05-30

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright