AMMICO, a mobile device for museum tour assistance

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The AMMICO (for “Assistant de visites de Musées Mobile Intelligent et Collaboratif”) project aims to develop an innovative system for museum tour assistance which features, for the first time, knowledge and recommendation engineering technologies. This new museum tour assistance device combines both semantic relevance and innovation in the field of social engineering and contribution.

Within this project, we offer to recreate and reinvent the audio guide tool. This mobile device (dedicated platform, smartphone, tablet computer, etc.) will help the visitors to:

  • get their bearings in an exhibition,
  • get access to relevant contents,
  • adapt the tour to suit their own tastes,
  • take part and cooperate with other visitors.

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The AMMICO Consortium brings together partners from the ITC field and various cultural institutions:

  • Five engineering companies: Orpheo France, KXEN, Atelier 144, Exalead, Jamespot,
  • Four research laboratories: IRI (The Centre Pompidou’s Institute for Research and Innovation), SIGMA (ESPCI – UPMC), LIP6 (Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University), L2TI (University of Paris 13),
  • Three leading museums: Musée de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, Cité de la Musique, Mémorial de la Shoah,
  • Eleven observer museums: Musée des Arts et Métiers, Cité des Sciences, Musée du Louvre, Musée du Quai Branly, Centre Georges Pompidou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, State Historical Museum (Moscow, Russia), Bible Lands Museum (Jerusalem, Israel), Smithsonian (Washington, USA), Concord Museum (Concord, USA).

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AMMICO-labos
Musée de l'Histoire de l'Immigration, Cité de la Musique, Mémorial de la Shoah,Musée des Arts et Métiers, Cité des Sciences, Musée du Louvre, Musée du Quai Branly, Centre Georges Pompidou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Musée Historique d'État (Moscou, Russie), Bible Lands Museum (Jérusalem, Israël), Smithsonian (Washington, USA), Concord Museum (Concord, USA)