It's not a new concept to implement a digital content
and supports in museum. Museums in Paris like that of the Quai Branly, others
in Barcelona, Budapest and many others do it too.
However, the museum in Cracow "Rynek
Underground" is some sort of a
pioneer. They propose full digital experience and immerse the public from the
very start into this world offering unforgettable memories.
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| Digital Museum in Cracow, Rynek Underground |
This underground exhibition presents Cracow main
Square inXIII century and its connections with other Middle Age European
cities.
The concept of this museum was extremely well prepared
and includes many creative surprises. It's a mix of historical vestige, video
and audio content, holograms, digital screens, reconstructions of market zones,
houses, cemetery and much more. I could spend there half the day.
I'll describe a few of these attractions without
letting you discover the rest, hoping you will visit it too soon.
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| Digital museum in Cracow, Rynek Underground |
You enter this dark world through the wall of steam
that projects video of a typical shopping day in XVI century. As there are
local audio zones, you hear the voices of bargaining women selling their
products. On the floor, there is a digital game, kind of the same you can find
in airports, but the goal is to step in and reveal golden pieces. The group of
teenagers who visited the museum at the same time, was more than delightful to
find them.
Next to the historical objects are installed digital
screens with chapters describing objects in details, their history, traditions
in this period by using text and photos. Of course, all is explained in several
languages. Sometimes screens are used as a digital book from XVI c. and we can
virtually turn the pages.
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| Holograms of nearby buidings, digital museum in Cracow |
Holograms show you the different stages of
constructions of nearby buildings.
Watch
closely the digital screens showing painting of Polish kings - they have their
mystery, too.
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| Time Capsule, digital museum in Cracow |
At the end, there are
"Time Capsules" with fiction films and comments of history
scholars.
For more information, click on
http://www.podziemiarynku.pl/index.php?lang=eng
