Bringing Museums to Juvenile Prison Inmates through Virtual Reality

Museums worldwide, as institutions, are evolving and supporting new values and goals, such as accessibility, sustainability, and above all inclusion. Yet, for several different reasons, some people may not have the opportunity, the capability, or simply the will and motivation to visit, therefore not only missing the chance to experience the exhibits, but also to be involved in the cultural and social mission of art itself. To respond to their impossibility to reach museums, we propose a moving version of a museum in an electric bus, that can bring the experience to those people through virtual reality. The use case presented is related to juvenile prison inmates, and the validation of the benefits of the approach is carried on following the practices of user experience studies and experimental psychology.