The Diary of Niels: Affective Engagement Through Tangible Interaction with Museum Artifacts

This paper presents a research through design exploration using tangible interactions in order to seamlessly integrate technology historical house museum. The study addresses longstanding concern museum exhibition that interactive technologies may distract from the artifacts on display. Through an iterative process including user studies, co-creation workshop with staff and several prototypes, we developed installation called Diary of Niels combines physical objects, RFID sensors elaborate fiction facilitate increased visitor engagement. Insights tests indicate integration is meaningful engaging for users, helps introduce visitors historic theme meaning artifacts. also points continued challenges integrating such hybrid experiences fully rest exhibition.