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the Acropolis and the ways of using all these exhibits of the 
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• Going upwards to the entrance hall, the visitor is guided to a 
perimetric platform from where he can see a large screen on 
the floor of the entrance hall, where an overview of the 
Acropolis will be projected (Figure 6). 
Figure 6. Entrance hall: Existing view; the proposed suspended 
corridor and the floor screen (INSERT) 
• Finally, the virtual reality on the descending corridor to the 
exit, offers the visitor the illusion of another era and 
provides him/her with useful information and knowledge. 5 
5. CONCLUDING REMARKS 
The digital era and the expansion of virtual reality in all kinds 
of presentation of cultural heritage, the museums included, is 
now a fact. This cannot be treated either by ‘technophobia’ and 
catastrophic negative approach, nor with ‘thechnomania’ and 
piling on of all kind of new technological tools; both 
approaches can lead to unfortunate results. A third path based 
on a critical, theoretical and historical approach, with the virtual 
space as a new dimension, existing in parallel to the three 
conventional ones, could be an alternative solution. This new 
museum concept provides a global and complemented view by 
exhibiting fewer finds and more information. 
The contribution of the modem geometrical documentation and 
visualization methods is critical for the aesthetic, educational 
and operational success of this new means of demonstration. 
Two-dimensional or raster drawings are no longer adequate, not 
even for the full development of an archaeological SIS. Laser 
scanning and automatic photogrammetric procedures for DSM 
production allow the compilation of 3D representations and 
solid models. The appropriate management of new 
technological tools, at all levels of production and presentation, 
provides the best way for promoting the proposed ‘new 
concept’ and contributes significantly to its approval by all 
museum professionals. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Photographs of the present condition at the Museum of 
Mycenae by courtesy of the General Director of Antiquities, 
Hellenic Ministry of Culture, and President of the Mycenean 
Committee, Mr Lazaros Colonas. 
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