The evaluation of museum engagement - User Centred Design principles and the development of audience-focussed interpretation

该项目将侧重于将在制造和工程领域开发的产品评估技术转化为对博物馆和更广泛的文化和遗产部门内的展览、展示和参与活动的评估。它将研究传统的“玻璃箱”显示器和数字技术。到目前为止，关于确定一些新兴技术的最佳实践的工作很少，这些技术似乎将彻底改变博物馆向博物馆参观者展示物品和材料的方式。这些技术，包括3D打印、增强现实(AR)和虚拟现实(VR)，作为一种向参观者展示内容的新颖方式，在博物馆中正变得越来越普遍，但到目前为止，很少有研究采取严格的方法来分析这些技术如何影响博物馆参观者的体验，它们有多受欢迎，以及它们对参观者学习的影响。因此，该项目有能力开发和分享关于将以用户为中心的设计应用于博物馆展示和展览的最佳做法，并确定新兴可视化技术中的最佳做法。

The studentship will focus on the translation of product evaluation technologies developed within the fields of manufacturing and engineering to the evaluation of exhibitions, displays and engagement activity within museums and the broader culture and heritage sector. It will examine both traditional 'glass case' displays and digital technologies. To date, very little work has been undertaken on the determination of best practice for a number of emerging technologies that look set to revolutionise the way that museums present their objects and materials to museum visitors. Such technologies, including 3D printing, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), are becoming increasingly common in museums as a novel way of presenting content to visitors, but little research has, to date, taken a rigorous approach to analysing how these technologies influence the museum visitor experience, how welcome they are, and their impact on learning for visitors. The project thus has the capacity to develop and share best practice in relation to the application of User Centred Design to museum displays and exhibitions, and to ascertain best practice within emerging visualisation technologies.