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The museum goes high-tech
Updated On: 05 December, 2018 10:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Snigdha Hasan
As part of a technological upgrade, audio guides will make way for QR codes, and exhibits will be accompanied by interactive interfaces at Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum
The Mumbadevi sculpture will be the first to have an interactive interface
In a world full of visual stimuli, where even a moment of ennui is combated with a tap on the phone, museums are faced with a unique situation. As repositories of moments frozen in time, how do they ensure an experience that goes beyond visitors stopping by an exhibit and reading the label?
The challenge has been taken on by various institutions in their own ways. The Vatican Museums, for instance, offer multi-lingual guided tours where historians liven up a visitor's experience by interlinking the stories behind the exhibits for a cohesive narrative, and sharing information, trivia and anecdotes to provide context to Michelangelo and Raphael's masterpieces. Closer home, the well-planned audio tours at the Maharaja Fatesingh Museum in Vadodara help visitors appreciate the objets d'art collected by the Gaekwads of the erstwhile Baroda state.
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