Human rights museum promises to be both interactive and introspective
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One of the worlds leading museum designers Friday provided the most detailed vision yet for the proposed Canadian Museum for Human Rights, revealing innovative interior plans that will engage visitors through extensive use of interactive and multimedia technologies.
The museum in Winnipeg would be a towering, multi-levelled structure featuring several galleries connected by a ramping system that will take visitors from floor to floor.
Galleries will range from themes on aboriginal rights and the human rights journey in Canada to a forum that will feature interactive programs to reveal how personal actions impact human rights. Another level will look at todays challenges, featuring a real-time map of human rights issues such as poverty and discrimination against women. One display will employ a gesture-responsive wall full of factual information that will work in a fashion similar to Nintendo Wii technology; with a simple swipe of the hand in the air, visitors will be able to turn virtual pages. Upon entering the museum, visitors will be given a human rights key that will provide a digital recollection of their experiences that they can later take home.
Renowned designer Ralph Appelbaum, whose work for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and the American Museum of Natural History in_New York has won every major design award, noted the tech-savviness will make the museum particularly approachable for the younger generation.
Read full article (canada.com, May 5, 2007)
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