British Museum improves excursions visitors. Now anyone can learn more about the exhibition, using the new portable media guide. This small device XP-vision with a touch screen, containing information about the exhibits in 10 languages: Arabic, English, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Korean, German, Russian, French and Japanese. With the help of a media guide, visitors can see and hear detailed stories of 220 objects from the museum collections, as well as use the interactive map to help orient in the exhibition galleries. In addition, the XP-vision loaded with three themed tours: the most interesting works of ancient Egyptian art of the Parthenon and Korean art.

British Museum experts also designed a multimedia guide for children ( until it is available only in English). It is designed for children 5-11 years and includes seven mikroekskursy on the following topics: ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and ancient Rome, ancient Britain, Africa, America and Oceania, Asia and the Middle East. Excursions complement small tasks and interactive games for some exhibits.

better acquainted with the collection of the British Museum is now able and people with disabilities. For visitors who have problems with vision, prepared a detailed descriptive audioguide (English only). And guests who experience hearing problems can benefit from Video Guides on British sign language. While it includes videos of the 120 exhibits, but in the middle of January 2010 will add another 100 apartments and a description of the exposition will be complete.

The following year, the contents of multimedia guides to be expanded: if you have additional comments with more detailed information, as well as new thematic tours: the gallery of the Enlightenment, the most interesting exhibits of ancient classical period and the entire exposure of the British Museum.

article prepared by Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Source: artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru