MeltOpenLab

MeltOpenLab

The MELTOPENLAB project aims to develop and pilot an innovative integrated information system for demonstration facilities such as Museums, Multicultural Spaces and Open Labs. The project focuses on the digital documentation of exhibits / objects of recent cultural heritage and methods of their restoration / conservation and presentation.Read more

Goals

Innovation

MELTOPENLAB proposes an integrated conceptualisation for enhancing both museum performance and visitor experience, involving four technological components. First, the adoption and parameterisation of four ontologies for the digital documentation and presentation of exhibits and their conservation methods, spatial management, and evaluation.bSecond, a tool for capturing visitor movement in near real-time, both anonymously (default) and eponymously (upon visitor consent). Third, a mobile application delivers personalised content to eponymous visitors based on static (e.g., demographic) and dynamic (e.g., visitor movement) data. Lastly, a platform assists museum administrators in managing visitor statistics and evaluating exhibits, collections, and routes based on visitors’ behaviour and interactions.bResults from the pilot implementation of this holistic approach in a multi-space high-traffic museum(MNEP) indicate that a cost-efficient, fully functional solution is feasible, and achieving an optimal trade-off between technical performance and cost efficiency is possible for museum administrators seeking unfragmented approaches that add value to their cultural heritage organisations.