More interactive content, and well designed infographics. I've been to a lot of museums around the world, and usually they have a sign next to each object of interest with a short essay. I went to another museum where they had headsets, and you could listen to the content. This never appealed to me. I don't have 8 hours to stand with a headset on, listening to each piece. I also don't have the time or interest to read something that looks like a copy/paste from wikipedia. If I wanted to do this, I'd just stay home and read online. If I want more information on a particular piece, once again, I can read at home on my own time.

Other people seem to feel the same way. The majority of the time I see people glance at a sign, read one or two lines, then keep walking.

Imagine people only have an hour to go through the museum. How can you organize and display the most interesting data for them? Pick out the best facts, and design some eye catching infographics that make them stop in their tracks.

And why not make things more interactive? I'll learn more that way. Quiz me, give me a few multiple choices on a touch screen, and let me guess what period this artifact is from, or how much this particular ship anchor weighs. What about the number of people on the Titanic, or how many were crew, how many were passengers? How many survived? Things like this make people stop. They're walking and they see a question with a few answers. It makes them think, talk about it with the people they're with. You could show the average votes for each answer based on past visitors, etc.