Hi Scott,

in a recent project for the Wedgwood Museum, we got round the  
necessity to ask visitors to input their email address, which requires  
quite a lot of extra effort, such as a keyboard (physical or on- 
screen), a mail server and so on.

In the museum, visitors can have their picture taken and automatically  
converted in a 'portrait medallion', which is coherent to the content  
of the Museum itself. This seems similar to what you are planning to do.

Instead of asking the user for their email, we tell them to go on the  
website the following day. There, they will find all of the pictures  
that were take, organised by day and time.

http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/visit/portrait_medallion/2527

This system may not be appropriate if you are concerned about public  
display of the images, but it has been quite successful in what we had  
intended to do, so it may give you some ideas.

With best regards,
Cristiano

On 28 Jan 2009, at 11:52, Scott Coyne wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My name is Scott Coyne.  I am one of the ICT Curators developing the  
> new
> interactives to accompany the displays for the new Riverside Museum of
> Transport, due to open to the public in 2011.   I've just very  
> recently joined
> the group and I'm hoping for some advice.
>
> We are currently developing all of the interactive and IT elements  
> in relation to
> our exhibits.
>
> I wanted to enquire as to whether anyone on the group has had any
> expereince with interactives which require visitors to input there  
> email address
> in order to receive a finished product?
>
> We are currently developing our Photographers Studio display.  This  
> takes the
> form of a walk in Photographers Studio/Shop where visitors will be  
> allowed to
> have there Photograph taken by following the simple visitor  
> interfaces and
> interacting with an 'animated' photographer who will appear onscreen  
> and give
> guidance.  It is intended to help visitors gain a deeper  
> understanding of what
> was involved in early 20th Century Photography.  As part of this  
> interactive,
> we are considering asking visitors to enter there email address in  
> order for
> them to retrieve the final image. We're trying to find out if any  
> other Museums
> have utilised a system like this for any interactives and how  
> successful it was?
>
> We also have the added consideration that the system will be storing  
> these
> finished Photographs, which will include images of children, as ithe  
> interactive
> is aimed at families and whether there are any legal implications  
> with this?
>
> I look forward to hearing from you,
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
> Scott Coyne,
> Project Learning and Access Curator ICT,
> Museum of Transport, Glasgow
> Telephone 0141 287 2653
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