Novas tecnologias aplicadas à exploração dos espaços e coleções museológicas.

Caso de estudo: Realidade virtual ”“ Coro alto do Convento de Jesus

Abstract

New technologies used to explore spaces and museum collections. Case study. Virtual reality ”“ The High Choir of the Convent of Jesus (Aveiro Museum).

The origin of the present project was the need of making the visits to the convent space more dynamic using the normal methodes of observation and discovery together with technological means, creating a bigger interactivity with visitors.

Other interactive experiences having already been developed adapted to other areas in the museum ,we now decided to use the same method in one of the most symbolic spaces of the  Convent: The High Choir. It is located approximately halfway through the permanent exhibition which allows to intercalate the visit with a playful and relaxed moment.

In order to achieve this idea the Museum developed a close collaboration with the Art and Communication Department of University of Aveiro the aim being to create a product centered on the portable pipe organ which is in the High Choir, a piece of the XVIIIth century classified as national treasure. This project made the visit to this space more dynamic and gave the visitor access to information made accessible only by means of this device.