Thirteenth International Conference on The Inclusive Museum

Abstract

Traditional museums focus on collecting, studying, and displaying objects, but with the advent of the experience economy era and the shift of the museum from “objects” to “people”, it is necessary to make corresponding adjustments in the position of objects-orientated. In particular, the introduction of online technologies is partly changing the definition of museums. More and more museums begin to pay attention to the sensory experience and audiences in a multisensory museum are not only subjects of knowledge, but also subjects of experience. To experience an object in a museum, the essence is to integrate the world in which the object is located into the world in which the body of the audience is located through experiencing, making it a part of his everyday life. Therefore, museums display not only objects, but also the information behind the objects, namely the museum phenomenon. The shift from “objects” to “phenomena” has allowing museums to collect and display “dead” civilizations and cultures, and at the same time to strengthen the connection between people and the whole world. Phenomenology reveals that museums should put experience above knowledge, the body above the objects, and realize the embodiment of themselves. Meanwhile, the phenomenon world of museums is a portrayal of daily life. Everyday life is full of multi-sensory experiences, and people understand and experience the world through the senses and the body, under which thinking the use of multi-sensory in museums has gained more development opportunities. Museums have opened up a new milestone in multi-sensory communication.