Augmenting the Historic House Museum: The Impact of Community Partnership and Augmented Reality on Visitor Experience at Riversdale House - Quint Gregory, Nicole Riesenberger, and Caroline Paganussi

1. Augmenting the Historic House Museum:
The Impact of Community Partnership and Augmented Reality
on Visitor Experience at Riversdale House
Quint Gregory, Nicole Riesenberger, and Caroline Paganussi
June 22, 2016

2. Riversdale House Museum, Riverdale, Maryland
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3. Charles Benedict Calvert
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5. Rosalie Stier-CalvertGeorge Calvert
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6. Riversdale House Museum, Interior
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7. Jan Brueghel, The Entry of the
Animals into Noah's Ark, 1613.
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los
Angeles.
Peter Paul Rubens, Cimon and Pero
(Roman Charity), 1630-1635.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of
Nicolaes van der Borght, 1625-1635.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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8. Visitors to Riversdale House using Aurasma to access AR content
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9. High-Resolution Zoomable Images
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10. Salon Hang, Seen in Aurasma Studio
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11. Videos
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12. Interactive Provenance Map
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13. Omeka Website
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14. 3D Reconstruction of the Carriage House
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16. GENERIC LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge and Understanding: 1) The Stier family hosted an exhibition of
important European art; 2) This was the first exhibition of major European art in
the United States; 3) Visitors from all over the US came to Riversdale House to
see the show. 4) American artists were influential in organizing and promoting
the show 5) The Stier-Calvert family played an important role in sharing
European art with American audiences.
Skills: Use the Aurasma app to see digital images of the paintings that could not
be reproduced for the exhibition. Utilize technology to enhance engagement with
a traditional object-based exhibition format.
Attitudes and Values: The Riversdale House and the Stier family played an
important role in the cultural world of the Baltimore-Washington area in the early
19th century, and in the early United States at large. Therefore, the history of the
home and family is significant to both local history and the broader history of art.
Enjoyment, Inspiration, and Creativity: Inspire visitors to make portraits of
themselves at the “Selfie station,” increasing the “fun” factor of the Riversdale
House Museum.
Action, Behavior and Progression: Visitors should be able to navigate easily
between observation of objects and app-assisted viewing.
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19. - Quality of films and Audio/Visual Content: “Very Good” (75%)
- Relevance of digital content to the objects in the exhibition: “Very Good” (50%)
- 69% of respondents criticized weak Wifi connection
- 19% of respondents noted difficulty of locating triggers within the exhibition
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20. “History coming to life!”
“Gave life to space!”
“It lights up the pictures.”
“I like the opportunity to see where paintings are now.”
“I loved seeing the images of the paintings as they might have been
displayed originally. It was really fun to see the enhanced images.”
“It was cool to see the augmented vision of the paintings to get an idea of what
the paintings really looked like and see how the building used to look.”
“I think it is a brilliant idea and the wave of the future. Great!”
“I look forward to more and fuller use of this enhancement for other exhibits.”
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25. How it works
1. Start with a photograph.
2. In an AR, program overlay
that image with audio, text,
video, or other images.
3. Open the AR app. on your
mobile device and aim the
camera at the augmented
object.

26. Paintings To-Scale