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ou can visit Hoa
Hakananai’a at the British
Museum, London. A Moai,
you’d likely recognise him as one
of the Easter Island statues. He’s
2.4 metres in height, nearly a metre
wide, and is estimated to weigh
around four tonnes. He sits on a
high plinth surrounded by text
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Museum in a Box gives us the chance to experience incredible pieces of
art, artefacts, music, and more at our fingertips, anywhere in the world
Started as an
R&D project by
Good, Form &
Spectacle
The team
are based in
London and
Liverpool
The first box
was built at
Somerset
House
All the original
pieces were
scans from the
British Museum
The company
incorporated in
October 2015
Quick
Facts
The Raspberry Pi, along
with the RFID reader, acts
as the ‘brain’ of the box
MUSEUM
IN A BOX
Each object is fitted with
an RFID tag, preset to play
back relevant content
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3D-printed objects allow
us to bridge the ‘do not
touch’ gap with ease
MUSEUM IN A BOX
The core team consists of
George Oates, Tom Flynn,
Adrian McEwen, and Charlie
Cattel-Killick.
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regarding both his own history and
that of his fellow Moai and it’s fair
to say that, unless you can go to the
British Museum in person, you’re
unlikely to see him visiting your local
museum, school, or library on loan.
Now imagine holding a smaller
version of Hoa Hakananai’a in
your hand. He fits perfectly on
your palm and allows you to feel
the texture of his surface and the
shape of his features. You can pass
him around, reposition him, and
even drop him if you lose your
grip. And as you ‘boop’ him on
the top of the Museum in a Box’s
Raspberry Pi-powered ‘brain’, he
starts to tell you the story of his