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

Author(s): Edit Bárd, Zsolt László Márkus
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies
Published by: Институт по математика и информатика - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Mobile Applications; Tourist Guide Application; QR Code; Museum Learning; Exhibition Technologies;

Summary/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.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: II
  • Page Range: 19-26
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English