Multimedia software "Archimedes and his work". A deepening path in Arkimedeion Museum of Siracusa

The distinctive feature of the Arkimedeion, the modern interactive Museum located in Siracusa, Sicily (Italy) - which includes an exhibition of twenty-four interactive exhibits as well as a planetarium, is the "hands-on" approach, characteristic of modern international science centres, strictly based on interactivity between visitors and the proposed exhibits, for an active participation and a full intellectual involvement "minds on." (Bianucci et al. 2011a). Moreover, multimedia support material is especially designed to allow visitors to get a self explaining tour of the museum: general information about exhibits, historical news, mathematical demonstrations, and sources review are supplied by means of video and audiovisual interactive material, very rich in pictures, diagrams and animations, structured in different deepening levels. The multimedia software also provides visual examples, interactive models and virtual objects manipulation in a simple and very powerful way. Such material has been designed and implemented by a CNR team of physicists with expertise in science communication, in collaboration with some of the major Archimedes' experts around the word, especially from like Baltimora University, USA, and Pisa University, Italy. A special attention is given to interactive educational games.