A study day in Rome dedicated to the role of video games in museums

March 8, 2019 will be a day entirely dedicated to the study of “strategies, approaches and experiences for the use of video games in museums.” At 11 a.m. on this day, the National Roman Museum at Palazzo Massimo will hold a conference entitled Videogames and Museums, which will be attended by several directors of major Italian museums and museum system executives.

Opening the conference will be the Director General of Museums, Antonio Lampis, and the President of Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Roberto Cicutto. The conference will continue with the following program:

11:15 - 11:45. Luca Melchionna (journalist and entrepreneur), “Production models compared.”

11:45 - 12:15. Thalita Malagò ( AESVI general manager) and Adriano Bizzoco (AESVI public affairs manager), “Making a video game for a museum: what to know/what to do.”

12:15 - 1 p.m. Questions

13-14. Lunch

14-14:15. Alessandra Gobbi (official Directorate General of Museums) , “Videogames in museums and places of culture.”

14:15 - 14:45. Augusto Palombini ( CNR- ITABC researcher) and Antonio Tarasco (executive, General Directorate of Museums), “The archaeologist and the jurist. The provocations of technology: what discipline?”

2:15 - 4 p.m. Sofia Pescarin (CNR ITABC researcher), “The golden rules of interactive projects in the museum.”

16 - 16:15. Giovanna Marinelli (director of RomeVideoGameLab), presentation of the 2019 edition of RomeVideoGameLab, a workshop review dedicated to the use of video games for educational, training and cultural heritage purposes.

4:15 p.m. - 5 p.m. Questions and conclusion of the proceedings.

The conference is organized by the Directorate General of Museums of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, CNR - DSU, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, RomeVideoGameLab in collaboration with Aesvi.

A study day in Rome dedicated to the role of video games in museums

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