Creating interactivity of our heritage stored in Museums: Experimentation with Château des Ducs de Bretagne History Museum of Nantes, France

International audienceFor the 2006 VRIC conference, we presented a scientific article dealing with a new way of thinking our technical heritage. We propose to preserve it as a digital object. However it does not mean beautiful 3D animation with nice static rendering; indeed, we create virtual mock-up which are dynamically operating. We use CAD software and engineering simulation tools. Nowadays the global methodology has been improved: it is named Advanced Industrial Archaeology. In this communication, we will detail a new experimentation done in partnership with a French museum: the Château des Ducs de Bretagne in France. This project deals with a physical mock-up of Nantes city built in 1899 and exposed in 1900 for the World Fair that took place in Paris, France. The heritage object is nowadays in the museum but exposed as “a fish inside an aquarium”. Thanks to a virtual system coupling a tactile screen with semantic research modules, a 3D active screen and a light pointer, it will allow the visitor to better understand the mock-up and emphasize important places of Nantes city life