AIC ipads

I went on Tuesday to see the Greek, Roman and Byzantine exhibit with iPads at AIC. I did not think these were a positive additive to the exhibit. First of all the ipad stations were placed at a strange height. I'm not tall at all and had to bend over in a very uncomfortable position to interact with it. The time it took to go through all the information took away from interacting with the actual piece of work itself. The flyer for the exhibit says, "see what you having in common with the men and women who lived 2,000 years ago." I cannot do that through an ipad. Looking at the actual work and feeling the work that went into making it is what is going to connect me to the people who created it. The only thing I liked about the ipads was that they had some attached to the benches. This is great for people with disabilities or if someone wants to go through all that information after looking at the work.