This paper presents a research through design exploration using tangible interactions in order to seamlessly integrate technology in a historical house museum. The study addresses a longstanding concern in museum exhibition design that interactive technologies may distract from the artifacts on display. Through an iterative design process including user studies, a co-creation workshop with museum staff and several prototypes, we developed an interactive installation called The Diary of Niels that combines physical objects, RFID sensors and an elaborate fiction in order to facilitate increased visitor engagement. Insights from the research process and user tests indicate that the integration of technology and artifacts is meaningful and engaging for users, and helps introduce museum visitors to the historic theme of the exhibition and the meaning of the artifacts. The study also points to continued challenges in integrating such hybrid experiences fully with the rest of the exhibition.

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尼尔斯日记：通过与博物馆文物的切实互动进行情感互动

本文通过使用有形交互的设计探索提出了一项研究，目的是将技术无缝整合到历史博物馆中。该研究解决了博物馆展览设计中长期存在的担忧，即交互技术可能会分散展出的文物。通过包括用户研究在内的迭代设计过程，与博物馆工作人员共同创建的研讨会以及几个原型，我们开发了一个名为《尼尔斯日记》的交互式装置，该装置结合了实物，RFID传感器和精心制作的小说，以促进访客的参与。研究过程和用户​​测试得出的见解表明，技术和工件的集成是有意义的，并且对用户具有吸引力，并帮助向博物馆参观者介绍展览的历史主题和文物的含义。该研究还指出，在将此类混合体验与展览的其余部分充分融合方面仍存在挑战。