"Join Kenji: technology, future talent and an above-average amount of late-night gallery wandering."
Kenji Watanabe researches the intersection of technology and culture at a Amsterdam-based think tank. He's interested in how museums are changing — how they use technology to tell stories, how they engage new audiences, and how they grapple with the digital future of physical collections. His Museum Night route focuses on the museums that are doing the most interesting things with technology and interactivity.
The Museum of the Future
A route through the museums that are reinventing what a museum can be — interactive, digital, participatory, and alive. Kenji's picks are for the curious and the forward-looking.
The Route
NEMO's hands-on approach to science communication is a model for the future of museums. The adult evening programme is genuinely excellent.
View museumEYE is one of the most technologically sophisticated museums in the Netherlands. The immersive film installations tonight are extraordinary.
View museumThe reactive light installation commissioned for this year's Museum Night is a landmark work of technology and art. Don't miss it.
View museumFoam is experimenting with augmented reality in its current exhibition — pointing your phone at a photograph reveals layers of context and story.
View museumThe Archives have digitised millions of documents and are experimenting with AI-assisted search. Tonight's programme includes a demonstration.
View museum3D scanning and digital reconstruction of ancient artefacts. The Allard Pierson is using technology to restore objects that no longer exist physically.
View museumEnd with analogue. After a night of screens and sensors, there's something grounding about pulling a print from a 19th-century press.
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