Archeological Museum of Messenia

Design and development of an interactive multimedia production with games concerning the names and places of the Messenia prefecture in the Peloponnese, for the new archeological museum of Messenia in Kalamata. 2008-2009.

makebelieve design & consulting designed and developed an interactive application for the new Archeological Museum of Messenia, located in the city of Kalamata in southern Peloponnese, in Greece.

The application, titled "The History of a Place", concerns the naming of places in the Messenia prefecture, since antiquity, providing visitors of the museum with information about the place names, the monuments, and the archeology projects of areas of interest around Messenia. The application is very rich in content, including scientific research, images, and sketches of over 100 locations on the map. The interactive features of the exhibit allow visitors to participate by including their own commentary about the various names and stories associated with them.

The application contains 4 associated interactive games: a names-to-pictures matching game, a pictures-to-sites-on-the-map matching game, a maze game, and a memory game.

makebelieve was also responsible for the installation of the two kiosks used in the museum to display the exhibit.

Museum website: http://archmusmes.gr

Credits

Digital application production coordination
Dr. Maria Roussou, Interaction Designer, makebelieve design & consulting
Dimitris Nastos, Computer Scientist, makebelieve design & consulting
Maria Zonoudaki, MINIMATIK visual & interactive communication

Information Architecture
Michelle Kontou, MINIMATIK visual & interactive communication

Design
Maria Zonoudaki, MINIMATIK visual & interactive communication

Application design
Michelle Kontou, MINIMATIK visual & interactive communication
Manolis Verigakis, MINIMATIK visual & interactive communication

Game design & development
Antonis Makrygiannis, Graphic Designer
Dimitris Nastos, Computer scientist, makebelieve design & consulting
Vassilis Topouslidis, Flash programmer

Installation
Dimitris Nastos, Computer scientist, makebelieve design & consulting

Production Coordination
Pari Kalamara, Dr. Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Public Archaeological Museums and Collections, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes
Agni Mitropoulou, Archaeologist, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes

Text Editors
Xeni Arapogianni, Dr. Archaeologist, Director of the 38th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
Eugenia Chalkia, Dr. Archaeologist, Director of the 26th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities
Pari Kalamara, Dr. Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Public Archaeological Museums and Collections, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes (for the texts entitled “The Name as Evidence” and “4 games about Messenia”)
Marlen Mouliou, Dr. Archaeologist-Museologist, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes

Authors

38th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
Natassa Glaraki, Archaeologist-Museologist
Dimosthenis Kosmopoulos, Archaeologist
Sokrates Koursoumis, Archaeologist
Evangelia Malapani, Archaeologist
Chryssa Sgouropoulou, Archaeologist
Fotis Stavrianopoulos, Archaeologist
Mary Tsoulakou, Archaeologist

26th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities
Virginia Albani, Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Archaeological Sites, Monuments and Archaeological Research
Eleni Barbaritsa, Archaeologist
Michalis Kappas, Dr. Archaeologist
Evangelia Militsi, Dr. Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes

Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes
Pari Kalamara, Dr. Archaeologist, Head of the Department of Public Archaeological Museums and Collections, Directorate of Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programmes
Agni Mitropoulou, Archaeologist

Administrative Support
Angeliki Georgakopoulou, Administrator, 26th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities

Proofreading
Julie Nestoridou

Translation
Deborah Kazazis
Dimitris Saltabassis

Tags: Museums & Culture, Game