Application Laboratory Museum of Natural History

Museum of Natural History Berlin: Interactive multi-touch installation for “Naturkunde 365/24”

The Museum of Natural History in Berlin, with its collection of over 30 million objects, is one of the largest and best-known natural history museums in Germany. Garamantis has been one of the museum’s selected cooperation partners since June 2017. The aim of the cooperation is to develop interactive museum installations, test them in practice, and evaluate their impact in real museum operations.

“Naturkunde 365/24” project: Access to digital collections

In the “Naturkunde 365/24 – multimedia application laboratory of the Berlin Museum of Natural History” project, the museum aims to make its collaboration with Berlin’s creative and media industries, as well as with education and tourism stakeholders, more efficient and agile. To this end, Garamantis and other companies will be given access to the museum’s extensive digital media collection.

This collection includes high-resolution 3D models, scanning electron microscope data, gigapixel photographs, animal voice recordings, book scans, and numerous other digitized objects.

At the same time, a multimedia application laboratory for small and medium-sized enterprises is being created. Plans include a media repository with a research portal, formats for communicating media content, and a product testing laboratory. Pilot studies and development campaigns from the project will then be scientifically evaluated.

Garamantis’ contribution: Multitouch brings the treasure trove of data to life

To bring the museum’s digital treasure trove of data and its potential for businesses to life, Garamantis is developing an interactive multitouch installation. Visitors will be able to navigate the multimedia collection in a playful way and discover content directly at the exhibit.

The installation will be presented at the Museum of Natural History during the Long Night of Museums on August 19, 2017. In addition to the visitor experience, the focus will also be on how such technologies are suitable for future applications in the museum industry – and how well they prove themselves as an interactive communication format in everyday life.