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Interactivity has proved a successful way to engage visitors of science museums. However, it is not a common practice when the objects to exhibit are artefacts or, as in the case of this paper, books. A study was set up to investigate the driving criteria for the 'The Life and Work of William Butler Yeats' exhibition at the National Library of Ireland and compare those with the visitors' opinions. Books, notebooks and personal belongings of the poet have been digitized and used to create a rich and varied exhibition that used both interactivity and multimedia. The result of a visitors' survey showed that the variety was a key factor for the success of the exhibition: different people engaged with different contents and different medium to different degrees. The design of the ambience is critical: dim lights and the use of audio as a medium have to be carefully planned to avoid annoying instead of engaging.

Cappellacci, Loredana Franchetti, Palmarisa Pasqualini, Michela Petrelli, Riccardo Vita, Patrizia Lavecchia, Antonio Novellino, Ettore Costa, Barbara Martini, Claudia Klotz, Karl-Norbert Grifantini, Mario In Vitro Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't United States Journal of medicinal chemistry J Med Chem. 2005 Mar 10;485:1550-62.

Cappellacci, Loredana Franchetti, Palmarisa Vita, Patrizia Petrelli, Riccardo Lavecchia, Antonio Costa, Barbara Spinetti, Francesca Martini, Claudia Klotz, Karl-Norbert Grifantini, Mario Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England Bioorganic \& medicinal chemistry Bioorg Med Chem. 2008 Jan 1;161:336-53. Epub 2007 Sep 22.

Franchetti, Palmarisa Cappellacci, Loredana Vita, Patrizia Petrelli, Riccardo Lavecchia, Antonio Kachler, Sonja Klotz, Karl-Norbert Marabese, Ida Luongo, Livio Maione, Sabatino Grifantini, Mario Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't United States Journal of medicinal chemistry J Med Chem. 2009 Apr 23;528:2393-406.