So you decide to go to a museum and do a bit of musing and the labels on the exhibits are not all that helpful. Well if you go with an
iPHONE (or something similar) you'll be OK. What it will enable you to do is:
- Call a friend who MAY be more help than the labels;
- Take a picture for future reference and/or to send to your friend/s if she/he/they need more information – but remember its uncool to use the flash or to use the images you take for anything other than personal use or research;
- TWEET someone to tell them where you are and what you do not know;
- Consult Wikipedia, the chances are it will be able to tell you what you need/want to know;
- Call up the museum's curator for the collection – but the chances are they'll be busy doing something else;
- Do a GOOGLEsearch as you'll surely discover things the collection manager probably hasn't had the time or inclination to look for;
- Check the WEATHERforecast for Mongolia just for fun and wherever you are because it might be raining outside soon;
- Check the time to see how much longer you can stay in the museum;
- Calculate the dimensions of the exhibit;
- Visit the MUSEUMwebsite to see if it has any additional information or can tell what time the coffee shop opens;
- Record the sound of the place for whatever reason;
There'll surely be other things you can do with such a
MUSEtool and if you'd like to pass your ideas on it will be much appreciated by
MUSEUMcommunities as guidance for future program development.
Please leave your suggestions as a comment below!
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