UX and Cultural Heritage: Designing Experiences for Cultural Spaces 2027

Name: UX and Cultural Heritage: Designing Experiences for Cultural Spaces 2027
SKU: Cultural Heritage and UX – Summer School for SAFA 2025-1
Price: 2300.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

2.300,00 €

UX and Cultural Heritage: Designing Experiences for Cultural Spaces
January 18–29, 2027

Where cultural heritage meets human-centered design. This immersive two-week program at POLI.design – Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, is one of the few in Europe to bring museology, heritage studies, and UX methodology into direct dialogue, training a new profile: designers who can turn cultural narratives into engaging, accessible visitor experiences.

The program moves along two core themes. The first is Heritage Interpretation & Cultural Institutions: how heritage institutions are shifting from preservation to participation, through storytelling strategies, digital conservation methods, and accessible visitor engagement. The second is UX & Interaction Design for Cultural Heritage: how user-centered design, multisensory and immersive experiences, gamification, and digital accessibility transform how visitors interact with and interpret cultural content.

Students learn to reinterpret cultural heritage through digital tools, interaction design, and UX methodologies, then apply that thinking directly to real heritage sites and institutions. The program combines expert lectures from Politecnico di Milano faculty, hands-on workshops, and guided field visits to leading cultural institutions, with academic coordinators and tutors supporting participants throughout. Teams develop original prototypes to enhance visitor engagement and interpretation, culminating in a final presentation — a strong portfolio piece for future design or heritage roles.

SKU: Cultural Heritage and UX – Summer School for SAFA 2025-1 Category: Winter School

Additional information

Additional information

Course dates	January 18–29, 2027
Attendance	Mandatory for at least 75% of program activities to receive the POLI.design certificate of participation
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the Winter School, students will be able to: • Critically analyse how cultural institutions are evolving from preservation-focused to participation-focused models, and the storytelling and digital conservation strategies driving that shift. • Apply user-centered design principles to develop visitor experiences that improve accessibility and engagement within heritage settings. • Design multisensory and immersive interactions that use gamification and digital tools to deepen visitor interpretation of cultural content. • Evaluate and integrate interdisciplinary methods from museology, heritage studies, and UX into a coherent design proposal for a cultural space. • Develop and present a team-based prototype that reinterprets a real heritage narrative through interactive, visitor-centered design.
Deadlines	Apply by completing payment by December 18, 2026
Price	€2,300 (incl. 22% VAT) per student, payable in a single installment through the dedicated payment options in the registration form
What the Fee Includes	• Initial coffee break and final aperitivo • Entry tickets to all visit venues • Public or private transport to field visits (depending on location) • Tutoring support throughout the program • POLI.design certificate upon completion • Letter of recommendation for students with the most outstanding projects • Final project outcome presentation • Official Invitation Letter for visa application (if needed)