Memories in the warehouse
Developing a multiperspective information system for culture historical use
CIDOC 06, (2006)Abstract
The focus of museums has shifted from objects to phenomena. This change is also reflected in the
information systems that are used in museums. Traditional systems have serious difficulties when it
comes to storing the new approach. This means that, in current systems, a museum object has only
one voice: the official one.
In order to provide museum objects with multiple voices, a new role must be given to the museum's
information system. Instead of seeing it as a static archive, the information system is considered as a
tool for the interpretation process, in which the insertion of the object is the starting point. In the
3DBridge
project Jyväskylä University Museum has started to develop an application for
multiperspective information handling. Currently it is used for virtual reconstruction of the campus
area.