Using children's drawings to elicit feedback on interactive museum prototypes

Abstract

In this paper we describe our experience of designing and running a user evaluation of early prototypes of digital installations prior to their deployment in a new national heritage museum. Children, their parents, siblings and friends were invited to participate in the study, We focus on the effectiveness of using children's drawings to elicit responses from the child participants. Drawings provided us with insight into children's experience of the installations. Moreover, they proved a useful entry point for interviewing young children, avoiding some of the known challenges in this.