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AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2015239touchscreens that provide information and high-resolution photographs. What is more, while each person selects the images that appeal to them the most, they are projected on the walls of the room, accompanied by related audios.At the reception desk, each visitor receives a pen with a USB memory, a short-range radio and a tactile device that can be used to write and draw on huge interactive tables. The museum’s new design is intended to offer an amazing experience through new technology that provides more in-depth knowledge of the institution’s holdings.In 2014 the Palácio Nacional de Queluz (Portugal) started up the new museum project of the Don Quixote Room – the room in the palace where Peter IV, King of Portugal and first emperor of Brazil, was born and died – to com- memorate the 180th anniversary of his death. This museum design and layout project includes digital media both in situ and on the website.Located inside the building are various inter- active signage points in several languages. A tactile device provides access to a 360o imageof the Don Quixote Room, where we can find interesting information on the heritage the room contains. There is also a microsite that features images, documents and emblematic artworks and examines the biography of Peter IV. This microsite can be accessed inside the premises through an interactive device, as well as from an autonomous site.54The project also includes a virtual presence, and the palace collections have accordingly been uploaded to Google Art Project, establishing links between the pieces and bringing to lightworks that are unknown or difficult to view, including a section on guest works, documents and catalogue viewing.The firm siete|media55 has created very interest- ing examples in different Mexican museums.The Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City houses and exhibits a very important collection of murals. In 2014, siete|media designed muse- um displays based on touchscreens that show the biographies of the country’s most important muralists, describe in detail each of the murals inside the palace and provide photographs in large format that enable users to analyse the main details of each work.It also offers the possibility of interacting with the exhibition on show at the time of our visit to the palace installations, plus a timeline providing information on the history of the construction of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, with additional information in the form of texts and photographs. To adapt to mural format, two 70" touchscreens provide a detailed view of the selected information.Interactive installation. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City3. Technology associated with the actual visit