NURMES MUSEUM
ACTLATOR
PILOT
Exploring how digital layers can enrich museum experiences
A real museum experiment
The Actlator Museum pilot is currently being developed in collaboration with Nurmes Museum in Finland. The project explores how digital layers, visitor participation and memory maps can enrich museum exhibitions and cultural experiences.
What Actlator enables in the museum
Digital exhibition layers
Museums can extend exhibition content beyond physical labels.
Visitor interpretations
Visitors can share their own reflections and interpretations about artworks.
Memory maps
Local stories and memories can be connected to places and cultural environments.
How visitors experience Actlator
Visitors access Actlator directly on their own phones.
The digital layer extends the exhibition with additional stories, participation and shared cultural memories.
Scan
Visitor scans a QR code in the exhibition
Explore
The mobile interface opens additional stories and images
Participate
Visitors can share interpretations and reflections
Connect
Stories, memories and places become part of a shared cultural layer
Case Study 1
The Alma Pääkkönen exhibition
The Nurmes pilot focuses on the exhibition of artist Alma Pääkkönen. Through Actlator, visitors can explore additional stories, interpretations and contextual material connected to the artworks.
A living digital layer for the Alma Pääkkönen exhibition
What has been created for the Alma exhibition
Actlator has been used in the Alma Pääkkönen exhibition to create a digital layer that expands the physical exhibition with stories, participation and additional material.
Artwork pages
Each artwork in the exhibition has its own digital page where visitors can explore additional information, background stories and contextual material connected to the artwork.
Extended exhibition
The digital layer can also present artworks that are not physically part of the exhibition, allowing the museum to show a broader view of the artist’s work.
Visitor interpretations
Visitors can share their own interpretations and reflections about artworks, creating a living layer of perspectives.
Digital guestbook
Visitors can leave messages and thoughts about the exhibition experience in a shared digital guestbook.
Life and work
The pilot includes a section presenting the life and artistic journey of Alma Pääkkönen, giving visitors deeper background information about the artist.
My Alma
Visitors can collect favourite artworks and create their own personal “My Alma” selection.
Case Study 2
The Memory Map
The Actlator pilot also explores the idea of a shared Memory Map where visitors and local residents can contribute their own memories connected to places.
A living map of local memories
Visitors can add memories, stories and personal connections to locations, creating a living map of local cultural history.
Add memories
Visitors can add personal memories connected to places.
Discover stories
Other visitors can explore stories connected to locations.
Build a shared map
Over time the map becomes a collective cultural memory of the area.
