The multimedia application "GREECE AT THE BENAKI MUSEUM"

The Benaki Museum has recently published a multimedia application on CD-Rom entitled "Greece at the Benaki Museum". The contents of the CD-Rom derive from the publication under the same name.
Multimedia technology has been utilized to allow the visitor to obtain detailed information about the history of the Benaki Museum and its founder, as well as its collections and services. The CD-Rom differs from the published text in that it allows the visitor to access objects in the Museum's collections through the framework of the four main chronological periods (Greco-Roman antiquity, Byzantium, Secular art, modern Greek history) to which they belong. One main advantage of this application is its employment of a variety of criteria to search the Museum's collections through the use of an index and historical maps.

Development of an information kiosk for the exhibition
"GREEK JEWELLERY FROM THE BENAKI MUSEUM"

As part of the exhibition "Greek Jewellery from the collections of the Benaki Museum", a multimedia application was developed for an information kiosk at the exhibition hall to help visitors obtain more information about the jewellery on display. The user was able to initiate his research using five basic criteria: types, materials, techniques of production and decoration, subject matter, and chronological periods. After touring various groups of jewellery, the user was presented with a number of jewels on display, and then directed to their actual location in the exhibition. By making use of this application, the visitor was able to learn about jewellery through the ages.
This application is going to be hosted by information kiosks in the Museum.
 

• Former applications
• New technologies and European programmes
• Information Bulletin "MITOS"
• Multimedia and Museum Exhibitions

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