DataViz In Museums

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The Use Of DataViz In Museums

Data is in our lives and is getting more important with the day, because people are using more technical devices in their life. These devices produce data, which can give insights in our life. This can be used for good and bad. Museums move with the times and also introduce the use of devices to stay attractive for their potential public. It makes their exposition more attractive and interactive. DataViz is not only devices, it is also a way to make numbers come to life. An infographic or representation of a number makes more impact than just a number.

Holocaust Monument In Amsterdam

The Holocaust monument on Weesperstraat in Amsterdam is a 3D infographic showing the names of the second world war Jew victims.

Scheepsvaartmuseum Amsterdam

In The Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam a quiz is used to interact with the museum visitor. It is not just a quiz. There is audio and visualization of the answers.

Verzetsmuseum In Amsterdam

The Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam focuses on engaging with the story of the resistance during World War II. It brings the story of the Second World War to life and is highly educational in a playful way.

Amsterdam Museum Aan de Amstel

A few years ago Amsterdam Museum aan de Amstel had a data story exhibition about how to show data in DataViz. All kinds of DataViz was shown with a story. The DataViz was not only made by artists, but also by kids and others visiting the museum (workshops). Also people don't see workflow infographics as DataViz. There were a few workflows on display with an explanation why they are DataViz and show data.

Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam

In the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam there was an exhibition about Karel Martens, a graphic designer. Karel Martens used lots of DataViz in his work and these are on exhibition. Our daily work contains lots of DataViz, people only don't call it DataViz because it is used every day.

Centraal Museum Utrecht

Centraal Museum Utrecht had the exhibition 'De gezonde stad' which used lots of infographics to tell the visitors how a healthy city should look like. Not only boring numbers were shown, but also graphs, tables and even works of artists who visualized the numbers.

Vrijheidsmuseum Groesbeek

In the Vrijheidsmuseum in Groesbeek there is a giant 3D bar chart about the victims of the second world war. It is impressive. It makes more sense than just hearing a number through an audio tour or seeing a number in a text. The museum also uses 3D pictograms of graves to visualize the second world war.

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