Multimedia in museums 1995-2000

Ildikó Fejes

Hungarian National Museum

One of the most spectacular area of the museum informatics is the multimedia. It is spectacular, because these applications are made for the public, for the visitors. Now I would like to talk about this are of informatics.

Museum CDs

- What is museum CD?

- Who is museum CD made for?

- The role of the museum in the publication.

- The role of the museum in the distribution.

- The specialists and the CD-ROMs.

- The possibilities and the limits of publishing on CDs.

The museum CD-ROMs and other CD-ROMs in Hungary.

Future of CD-ROMs.

Exhibition multimedia

Functions:

- Back round information about the exhibition.

- Virtual presentation of exhibition objects.

- Games

The target group

Formes:

- Multimedia systems attached to exhibitions.

- General informations for the visitors (about the museum).

- CD-ROMs used during the exhibitions.

The conditions of creation of new multimedia system:

- Financial

- The professionals

- Operation