[BCMA] BC Farm Museum Interactive Display Program Introduction

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On May 22, 2017 at 2pm, the BC Farm Museum will be holding an event in our
Fort Langley museum, to introduce our new Interactive Display system to the
public. This program has been sponsored by the Province of BC, the Vancouver
Foundation, and the Chris Spencer Foundation and was also provided technical
assistance by the Vancouver Community Network. We would like to invite our
colleagues and the public to attend the Fort Langley Lions May Day Parade
and then visit the BC Farm Museum for the introductory ceremony.

Our Museum opened in 1966 and has two large buildings containing thousands
of historical objects. We are looking for new ways to encourage people to
come into our museum and enjoy our collection, and have decided to enhance
our visitor experience by offering on-demand electronic media presentations.


The first element of our offering allows visitors with smart phones or
tablets to watch a video of an object in action simply by scanning a QR
code. Smart device users can also access our in house website to view more
substantial information on some objects. The website will adapt to any
device. Thirdly, visitors without smart phones can access all of the
available media from one of the pedestal kiosks located around the facility.


The resources on this system are only available in house and will not be
accessible to the public via the Internet. We hope this initiative also
helps us to work more closely with local schools, not only to produce media
content but also to use the system to support educational objectives. Other
institutions that are considering these same ideas are encouraged to explore
what we have learned in creating this system.

 

Todd Davidson

President

BC Farm Museum Association,

Box 279, 9131 King St., Fort Langley, BC, Canada, V1M 2R6

604-888-2273   www.bcfma.com   bcfm at telus.net

 



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