Exhibit: Sharing Our Heritage
Venue: Hudson’s Bay Company Montreal Gallery
Location: Hudson’s Bay Company Store, Montreal, Quebec
Date: Spetember 2004
Client: Lord Cultural Resources / Hudson’s Bay Company
Contributors: Mystus (programming, graphics, hardware, cabinetry, audio) Lord (writing, planning, content) HBC (content)
Client Requirements, Visitor Experience: A multimedia experience that allows the visitor via touch screen and keyboard to answer survey questions and read the answers of others, flip through the town’s photo archive, view all the exhibits including an interactive panorama of three rooms, and send a postcard to a friend. A unique challenge of these kiosks was that all the exhibits on the top floor be accessible on the ground floor, in order to fulfil the requirements of wheelchair access to all exhibit content. There is no elevator to the second floor.
Mystus Expertise: In depth multimedia programming and graphics design.
Unique Features: Email postcard including a snapshot of the visitor and a personal message, Photo album images stored externally for ease of updating, Survey question data easily retrieved by staff, Interactive panoramic images.
*Project Challenges: Installing the exhibit in a remote location in limited time.