Designing a virtual museum of architectural heritage

Abstract

Visualising the Architecture of Federation is a 'virtual museum' created as an interactive CD-ROM that celebrates and educates about the heritage of Western Australian architecture. This virtual museum had the aim of fulfilling similar intentions for the original nineteenth century Western Australian museum in representing local historical and architectural artefacts and stories; many of which have now been significantly altered or lost. In critically examining the CD-ROM, which was published in 2001 and widely distributed across Australia, this account reflects generally on the differences between traditional museums and heritage sites, and their virtual counterparts, and how these hyperins..