The Minerva Multiagent System for Museum Organization

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to cultural heritage is acquiring an increasing importance, promoting new technological solutions for museums and art exhibitions. We present a system, called Minerva, able to automatically organize virtual museums, given the set of works of art and the environments in which they must be displayed, and to support the user in the visit and fruition of these museums. Minerva has been experimentally implemented in two different versions: the first one arranges archeological finds for allocation in historical buildings; the second one arranges design objects for allocation in imaginary virtual environments.