THE POTTERIES MUSEUM, STOKE, UK

THE INSTALLATION

The museum wanted to give visitors the opportunity to interact with their exhibits and educate them about the museums' collection. It chose the Magus system as it provided an engaging way to provide in- depth information about the exhibits.

In late 2005, 14 Hypertags were installed alongside the most popular exhibits as phase 1 of the project. Visitors are able to access the information and images through PDAs available at the museum entrance.

In 2007 phase 2 will see the number of Hypertags in use increase to up to 50 and it is also planned that visitors will be able to point and click to receive multimedia content such as a video clips of pottery being produced or images from the museum's own archive.

Content for the system is managed locally providing The Potteries Museum with the ability to update the information visitors receive as the exhibitions change. The system also allows the Museum to track visitors as they go around the exhibits providing invaluable feedback on visitor behaviour.