QR-code of Hermitage: statistics, visitors, facts
The studying of the modern technologies applied to an information services for the exhibition of the archaeological collections of the State Hermitage Museum has revealed, that advanced access to the data is available to a limited number of visitors. As an alternative to existing approaches to presenting information to visitors, there was a proposal to develop this technology based on participatory culture. The «Young for the young» project was prepared and carried out in six months thanks to the participants from diff erent countries working in the Volunteer service of the State Hermitage. In the frame of the project a children contest «Discover the Hermitage!» took place just in virtual space. The author, based on web-statistical data, considers the prospect of using QR-codes in museum practice.