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The Travelling Backpack includes a series of resources to enable accessible and inclusive cultural experiences: physical objects, devices, software, and multimedia content. It provides a set of small portable objects, both physical objects and digital content, to bring cultural heritage where people live and spend time. These objects include replicas of cultural objects that are exhibited in the museum, which are connected to multimedia content (e.g. textual description, audio description, images, videos) through a QR code, with the goal of providing information about the cultural object. The backpack is worn by a person (museum educator, volunteer person, school student) who acts as art mediator to bring the backpack around, for example in suburbs, meeting places of the local communities, day-care centers and other relevant locations.

For inquiries about The Travelling Backpack please contact Patrizia Marti at the Santa Chiara Fab Lab – University of Siena: marti@unisi.it

The Screen is a web application, which can be run on both mobile and desktop devices. It can be used in two different usage scenarios. In the “Virtual Exhibition”, the users explore the content on their own. In the “Virtual Guided Tour”, a remote tour guide can speak to the participants and show the exhibits with screen linking. If questions arise, the users can raise their hand and directly communicate with the tour guide.

For inquiries about The Screen please contact Gunther Reisinger at NOUS: g.reisinger@nousdigital.com

The Magic Casket includes a series of physical and digital tools contained in a case to bring cultural heritage outside museums, for example in nursing homes and day-care. It has a series of resources to engage older adults in laboratory activities inspired by cultural heritage: physical objects, electronic components with their related software, and multimedia content. The laboratory activities can take two forms: one scenario is based on the storytelling to narrate and record personal stories related to, for example, historical events and local traditions; the other scenario is based on the multisensory exploration of heritage with possible crafting activities. The outputs of the laboratory activities (e.g., recorded stories, crafted objects) can be used in other laboratory activities or to enrich the museum exhibits.

For inquiries about The Magic Casket please contact Patrizia Marti at the Santa Chiara Fab Lab – University of Siena: marti@unisi.it

The Tactile Multimedia Guide combines 3D tactile reliefs one can touch and feel with interactive multimedia content like sound, animations, videos or text. The relief is coloured by a projector, where the user can select options like original colour, enhanced versions for people with visual impairments, a map of interactive regions, and more. The user can also trigger audio information, videos or even an interactive 3D soundscape. The Tactile Multimedia Guide especially helps blind and visually impaired people in understanding heritage, yet many people like to use this possibility to get in close contact with the artwork. The kiosk can be installed in a museum, or we have a mobile version that can be quickly set up in any location.

For inquiries about The Tactile Multimedia Guide please contact Andreas Reichinger at VRVis: andi@vrvis.at

The Feelif Tablet allows anyone to understand art and heritage in an easy and practical way. The tablet shows an image of any piece on display at the museum. By touching a specific part of that piece, the tablet will let you know information about what you are clicking, allowing everyone to understand what they are looking at, at their own leisure and according with their own interests. It is also usable by blind people, who can feel object contours with a Feelif Postcard. Vibration changes according with different objects, making exploration understandable for the deaf too.

For inquiries about The Feelif Tablet please contact Katarina Pavšek at Feelif: katarina@feelif.com