Role of scientific-technical museums in the future of mechanical

Abstract

This paper deals with a red wire which connects the mechanisms and the historical museums and collections. Starting from the collection of mechanisms of the Politecnico di Milano, an application is described of an informatics method developed by the authors. Such method, based on neurological consideration about the management of knowledge by the human brain, realize a comparison between the interest of the potential user of museums or collections and the correspondent characteristics of the objects of the collection. The result is a classification of the exposed objects in relation to the interest of the user and, consequently, a criteria of visit.