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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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