Vision

Our vision of a mediated museum is a cultural heritage archway, a portal which enables remote presence at museums and cultural heritage sites. By means of innovative media and new hybrid spaces, museums are redefined and extended beyond physical and architectural constraints: synchronous video-mediated spaces provide remote access to heritage sites and artefacts in their original settings. The designs support mediated interaction between visitors in different locations. As an archway, the mediated museum opens for public participation in the (re)definition, (re)collection and dissemination of cultural heritage, thus enriching curatorial practices.

Our mission is to inform heritage discourse and museum practices by exploring the contribution from presence design and public archaeology. We strive to develop an interdisciplinary research strategy by combining different methodologies such as participatory action research from archaeology; research by design; and user-driven innovation from the fields of architecture, design and presence research.