Redefinition of ICTs in the museum: from invasive to inclusive discourse

Abstract

ICTs are inseparable from on-site museology and are essential in mixed and mobile network museography. In too many cases, the cultural space has been varnished of modernity by installing technological prostheses, apparently, forgetting that technology must be at the service of the content so that it is invisible and perfectly blended with traditional museography. Mobile interfaces can merge on-site and network museum and accompany people beyond the physical space. That merger should start from a narrative database open to tangible and intangible works from other museums in a way the limitations of the physical museum are not taken to the virtual one. In the on-site museum, hypermedia immersive facilities make sense by aiding innovative cultural experiences. Interactivity (virtual relationships) must live together with the interaction (physical and personal relationships) and be at the service of all people, considering that we all have limitations. Working interdisciplinary helps us to better understand the museum in order to put it at the service of the people.