Stories that an archaeological object may tell: a use case

The most common approach to present objects in a museum context is to group several thematically connected archaeological artefacts within one showcase, with very short basic information about each object, and a poster with slightly more background information on the wall next to it. A similar perspective is taken by books that sketch history or a myth and back their versions of the story with images of different objects for illustration purposes. Another approach is to select one site or one object and tell its story through time, giving additional information for specific time slices – a method well established in literature. But story telling in the digital age can be so much more. A growing amount of background information is available and can be linked to tell the object‘s history.