The National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa sponsored this project in order to better understand how visitors respond to its Interactive Audience Engagement Devices (IAEDs). To achieve this, we selected three exhibits to study, and through interviews, surveys, observations, and video recordings, evaluated the devices’ impact on visitor experience. Upon examination we recommend the museum add on screen instructions to their devices, look into making devices more accessible to their users, and make future devices incorporate aspects such as challenging their users, giving them a personal connection with the content, and providing multiple simultaneous interactions.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Gallo, Anthony R.
• Sabetta, Matthew Stephen
• Giapoudzi, Despoina
• Grimshaw, Thomas W.

Subject

• Sustainability
• Culture
• Learning
• Innovation

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030415-222456

Keyword

• Museum exhibits--Evaluation
• Interactive multimedia

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Elmes, Michael B.

Year

• 2015

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Date created

• 2015-03-04

Location

• Wellington

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright