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Digital devices in the service of the museum. A new, permanent exhibition opened in the Institute and Museum of Military History with the title Hungary in the Great War, 1914-1918.  It does not only rely on the rich collection, but on the digital content consisting of several components. In all rooms one can browse historical information, picture galleries, animation, cronology in connection with the Hungarian military regiments and troops on touchscreen terminals, and play with the applications making the exhibition more colourful (puzzles with maps and uniforms, quiz for the photo collection of WWI and roleplay game). The interactive exhibition gives multiple interpretation of the war: beyond the battles it depicts the life of soldiers and those who stayed in the hinterlands and social changes are also shown.

Unlike conventional exhibitions, a great number of valuable and interesting information, facts and objects – instead of being hung on the walls – are presented on digital devices, providing the experience of discovery for the visitors. Certainly, show-cases are present in the rooms though QR codes placed on them direct visitors to a web interface, where the Museum tells the story of objects which cannot be represented due to the lack of space or special protection.

The items and data of the collection – present in the digital content of the exhibition – are handled in an integrated system. The digital applications communicate with this database when showing the events and social situation of the period.

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The external exhibition site of The Museum of Military History, The Pákozd Military Memorial Park gives home to this special application developed by Qulto – it is a FPS (First-Person-Shooter) game evoking the Pákozd-Sukoró Battle, the technological base of which is provided by a kinect camera. Some historical objects from the museum’s collection have been 3D scanned and inserted in the game. From all these objects, the biggest role have been given to bayonets that players can learn to handle and fight with in the camp – only virtually, of course. The Hungarian Military Forces was formed on the fields of Sukoró, Pákozd and Páka. Members of the then developing basic troops were the first ones to be called patriots i.e. Hungarian soldiers defending their nation.

With the help of our virtual game visitors can have a better understanding of how it would have felt to fight for their country about 170 years ago in a face-to-face battle. Detailed description of the historical events, weapons, objects, uniforms, and the unusal vocabulary used in the military camps all help the players to submerge in those times. At the request of the museum, the latter collection have been displayed on a touchscreen terminal in the form of a virtual exhibition.