Model of a personal guide for museum exhibitions

Abstract

Cultural and historical institutions in Bulgaria are often underfunded and do not provide sufficiently attractive digital services. All museums develop and maintain scientific passports of cultural artefacts, which contain photographs and specific characteristics of the exhibits. In some cases, they store digitized information in accordance with established standards for the digitization of cultural heritage, such as Dublin Core, SPECTRUM, LIDO, CCO, etc. The widespread use of smartphones provides museums with the opportunity to expand the museum service by dynamically and automatically delivering contextual information about the artifacts. The article presents an approach to creating a personal guide for museum exhibitions, which uses beacon technology to automate the process of providing contextual information about museum exhibits to its visitors.