INITIATION TOWARDS WEB-BASED MUSEUM EXHIBITS IN MUZIUM KEDAH

Abstract

This paper reports an initial work in designing and implementing digital/virtual museum exhibits in the form of web-based environment for Muzium Kedah. The research objective was to investigate design elements of a web-based environment that can facilitate children museum learning experiences. The research study involved investigation of the physical environment of the museum as well as the existing museum website. Based on the finding, a small-scale web-based museum exhibits utilising a graphical and textual information representation formats was designed and developed. The data was collected in an experiment involved 12 school children age 9 to 12 years old. There were three dimensions being investigated: learning, effectiveness and appealing to assess the design of the web-based museum exhibits. The result shows positive impact on the children’s museum learning experiences.