Explores the implications of contemporary trends that are shaping the future of museum experience design

Unravels theoretically as well as through example design cases the complexity of designing for museums as part of ecosystems

Discusses and illustrates the impacts of novel technologies on museum experience design

Illustrates and reflects on dealing with diverse audiences and online crowds in designing engaging museum experiences ****

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Foreword.- Future Museum Experience Design: Crowds, Ecosystems and Novel Technologies.- PART 1: ENGAGING THE PUBLIC.- Supporting Social Engagement for Young Audiences with Serious Games and Virtual Environments in Museums.- Design is not for us: Engaging a New Audience for the Design Museum by Changing Their Expectations.- Crowd Sourcing Ideas for Augmented Reality Museum Experiences with Children.- ArtBytes: A Mobile App for Mixing Art Appreciation with Art Creation.- PART 2: CROWDS - DIVERSE AUDIENCES.- Museum Exhibitions for a 21st Century Crowd: Tools for Future Engagement.- Crowd Mining Applied to Preservation of Digital Cultural Heritage.- BrainChain App: A Fully Crowdsourced Design Process For Museums.- Fostering Emotional Engagement with Integrity: Respectful Crowdsourcing for Cultural Heritage.- PART 3. OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.- Augmenting Experience of a Museum Visit with a Location-based App for an Associated Archaeological Site.- Mobile and Social Technology: Challenges and Opportunities for Museums and Heritage Institutions.-
Using Mobile Technologies to Capture the Visitor Experience.- A Critical Reflection on Three Paradigms in Museum Technology and Experience Design.- PART 4. MUSEUMS AS PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM.- Becoming Vincent: A Multifaceted Story in a Multifaceted Ecosystem.- Designing Trajectories of Experiences: in Museums, around Museums or Including Museums.- The Museum as Ecosystem and Museums in Learning Ecosystems: An examination of Digital Learning Experience Design at the British Museum.