The virtual museum was created in the summer of 2007.
First the exhibition floor only was created, the 'real' content of the museum. This floor was surrounded by big rusty chains, as can be seen at the image at the bottom of the page. Then it turned out not to be recognizable for visitors. They were also disappointed, because they expected a building. So a building was built around the exhibition floor. The facade was realistic, but the walls and the roof were made transparent. The walls were also 'phantom', that means an avatar can cross them without being stopped. This made access a lot easier. The roof is also transparent, but here an avatar can land, and see the layout of the whole exhibition.
In September the exhibition could be visited. And indeed quite a lot of people visited the museum since then, around 20 different names are recorded each day.
There is a guided tour in several languages, English,
Dutch, French and German. To get the sounds and the text a HUD must be worn.
Choosen or touched items of the exhibition light up, grow a bit for a second and information is given, coming from a database.
In November a quiz was added with about 50 questions.
The museum is made in a relatively small space. Small for Second Life standards. So the exhibition rooms feel full of objects. Actually the scale is real, but the avatars in Second Life are bigger than life. The effect is something which is not found in Second Life: the space feels not empty.
The disadvantage is that one has to move carefully and adjust the camera right behind the head of the avatar visiting...
In the end, not only the museum was constructed, but also the neighbours are happy builders. Like in Rotterdam, once the first big building around, the Schielandhuis has become one of the few places which isn't at the height of a skyscraper. The neighbours like the museum, because it attracts avatars to this part of town, and some like it because of the nice view.
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