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Mot Museum

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The MOT has been criticized for its heavy reliance on new technology. Fiona Cameron explores concerns amongst members of the museum community who fear that with the increasing emphasis on new technology in museums, physical objects, which have long been the focus of these cultural institutions, will lose their significance. The MOT does hold a small collection of historical artefacts from the Holocaust, including a range of objects from concentration camps (prisoners’ clothing, bunk beds, etc.) and even letters by Anne Frank. These are displayed in glass cabinets on the upper floor of the museum, where visitors are led after their tour of the Tolerancenter downstairs. By facilitating interaction with related content, Digital Interactives serve to heighten the emotional impact of these authentic artefacts. This demonstrates that museum collections will always be of value because of the important information they contain – information that can be exhibited using digital-media. Digital Interactives are not only easy to comprehend, but compared to traditional object-centred …show more content…

Today, people can visit museums via online websites using a range of devices including computers, tablets and mobile phones. Innovative web features such as virtual tours, digital collection databases, audio and video commentaries, podcasts, downloadable educational resources and gift shops, have made interactive museum experiences accessible to global audiences. Virtual tours, for example, allow users to pass through the halls of exhibitions, select objects of interest, zoom in to focus on their details and even save or print images of those objects for personal use. With such advanced features, online museums have

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