Interweaving Physical Artifacts with Visualization on Digital Media in Museums

Abstract

Museums and libraries store a huge number of data related to their exhibition objects. Often, these data cannot be presented in exhibitions because of limited space or limited time during guided tours. Interweaving these physical artifacts with data visualization on digital media can help to make these data visible and searchable for visitors independently. Concepts and best practices for such situated visualizations are still rare. Our approach is to utilize the visitor's own device to enhance the museum visit through interactive data visualization. Thus, the visitor gets the ability to interactively gain more information on topics of interest or can link different topics.