The “Museums in Popular Videogames” project was initiated at the Museology Lab of the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece.

It explores how museums appear and function in popular videogames (1982–2022), highlighting their role as spaces of cultural heritage within virtual worlds. The project explains the importance of museums in gameplay and their contribution to player success. The talk also introduces a classification of institutions as per their role as well as real, realistic, or entirely fictional.

Presenter CV:  Dr. Aristoteles Georgios Sakellariou leads the project: “Museums in Popular Videogames” for the Museology Research Lab of the Ionian University, Corfu. Has been working for museums and cultural institutions for the past 20 years in Europe, Asia as well as the middle east. Currently he is heading the Conservation and Research Centre at the Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia. On the same time, he is supporting the Videogames Museum, Heraklion as a Collections Management Consultant.  Previously he has been working for Qatar Museums, completing more than 10 years, as a Deputy Director for Collections (National Museum of Qatar) and as the Head of Conservation (Museum of Islamic Art). Aristoteles holds a PhD in Museology, (Ionian University, Corfu 2025) an MA in Museum Management from Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. Aristoteles shares his fascinating research between museums and videogames, as both represent curated spaces for narrative interaction.