Extending the GUIDE@HAND Tourist Guide Application with QR Codes for Museum Learning

Authors

  • Edit Bárd The Hungarian Museum of Environmental Protection and Water Management, H-2500 Esztergom, Hungary, Kölcsey u. 2.
  • Zsolt László Márkus Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary, Kende u. 13-17.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2012.2.1

Keywords:

Mobile Applications, Tourist Guide Application, QR Code, Museum Learning, Exhibition Technologies

Abstract

The following paper attempts to encompass the opportunities for applying QR codes for museums and exhibits through the example of the Hungarian Museum of Environmental Protection and Water Management (Esztergom, Hungary). Besides providing interactivity in the museum for the mobile phone generation through the utilization of a device and a method that they are familiar with, it is important to explain how and why it is worthwhile to “adorn” the exhibits with these codes. In this paper we also touch upon the technical issues of how an existing mobile phone application can be incorporated into and used for the presentation of the museum.

References

Edit Bárd, Zsolt László: Digitális útitárs a Duna Múzeumban (Digital Tra velling Companion at the Danube Museum), Magyar Múzeumok Online, 31st July 2012

http://www.magyarmuzeumok.hu/muhely/755_digitalis_utitars_a_duna_muzeumban

Puczkó László - Rácz Tamara: Az attrakciótól az élményig. A látogatómenedzsment módszerei (From the Attraction to the Experience. The Methods of Visitor Management), Geomédia Szakkönyvek, Budapest, 2000.

Puczkó László: A látogatóbarát múzeumok elméleti megalapozása. Részlet a 2006. má rcius 31- én lezárult kutatási jelentésből (The Theoretical Basis for Visitor -Friendly Museums. Excerpt from a Research Report Concluded on March 2006). Múzeumi Közlemények. Különszám, 2006. p. 3 -59.

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Appendix

The introductory material compiled about the application in Hungarian can be found at the following web page: http://test.guideathand.com/Esztergom/GAtH_Esztergom.mp4

The introductory demonstration video introduces, enhanced by audio explanations, the most relevant functions of the GUIDE@HAND application: http://guideathand.com/demoen.html

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Published

2012-09-30

How to Cite

Bárd, E., & László Márkus, Z. (2012). Extending the GUIDE@HAND Tourist Guide Application with QR Codes for Museum Learning. Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, 2, 19–26. https://doi.org/10.55630/dipp.2012.2.1

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