Exhibiting the ALICE experiment

TL;DR

The paper describes the development of an immersive ALICE experiment exhibition using modern technology to effectively communicate high energy physics to visitors.

Contribution

It introduces a novel exhibition combining video mapping and real detector items to enhance visitor engagement and understanding of the ALICE experiment.

Findings

Successful integration of modern tech in physics outreach

Enhanced visitor engagement and understanding

Design and implementation of the ALICE Visitor Centre

Abstract

Among the many outreach and communication tools available in our digital era, traditional tools such as exhibitions still hold an important place. The ALICE collaboration is setting up a new exhibition at the experiment's site, as part of the ALICE Visitor Centre. Its goal is to communicate to visitors the physics and the tools and methods used by ALICE. It combines modern technology such as video mapping with real detector items, aiming to fascinate the visitors and give them an immersive experience of a high energy physics experiment. The development process, the messages to be delivered and the choices for the contents and the way of exhibiting them are discussed; and the final design and present status of the project are presented.