Presentation at Western Museums Association conference on October 11, 2013 in Salt Lake City Utah on a panel titled "Family Time in Museums: Online or Unplugged?"
15. Challenges
of Mobile Technology
• Visitors don’t look at the exhibition
• Visitors don’t know the app exists
• Visitors don’t use it because it doesn’t work
for them
19. Common Problems
with in-gallery mobile
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Visitors get lost
Visitors get frustrated
High rate of early drop-off
Visitors are head-down in their phones
We make it too complicated
We don’t provide added value
We don’t test and iterate enough
29. “My brother usually hates our
regular museum visits.
This time, I saw him engaged for
the first time.”
30. The Experience
• High number of players finish the game
• Close looking observed in evaluation
• Gives families a place to start in the
museum
• Empowers parents to start conversation
about the art
• Young players feel ownership of the
museum and the artworks