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In it, I interviewed my own friends that are frequent museum visitors. They have been to many museums all over the world and appreciate them in different ways and for many different reasons.
Douglas Miriello grew up less than an hour away from New York City and his grandmother, Marilyn Bodek, is an artist. He was able to frequent the museums that I still hope to visit and that I have mentioned before; the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
My other interviewee, Emily, is a different story. She grew up in a smaller town and not nearly as close to the large city and its museums as Douglas did. However, she soaked up the museum scene on a trip to Europe.
Through the interview session we came to a realization: Not all museum experiences are enhanced with the use of technology. Or rather, the experience (with or without the use of technology) is determined by the viewer. Interpretation is what it’s about.
In the podcast Emily describes her trips to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and the Rodin Museum in France. At these intimate locations she felt that the space and its surroundings were what made the visit unforgettable. While he found them informative, Douglas felt that the tours somehow restricted his own interpretation of the work.
So, folks, I’m sorry. I don’t have a clear answer for you. Whether technology and multimedia actually enhance a tour or detract from it, is only in the eye of the beholder (I couldn't help myself).
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." By Ralph Waldo Emerson
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