After years of intensive research and exploration, photography and computer technologies are now being used by the Dunhuang Academy to protect, preserve, and reproduce the murals, painted statues, and other cultural relics in the Mogao caves. A great amount of digital information has been preserved, much of which is open to the public in the form of exhibitions.There are many shortcomings in the traditional, physical Mogao cave exhibitions that were previously available, however, chief among which was a lack of interaction and organization. Furthermore, limitations on exhibition cycles and spaces severely limited the amount of information that could be displayed about the exhibition items. Generally speaking, the information of the exhibitions is conveyed in a way that forces visitors to be passive observers of the cultural relics in the caves. In consideration of the previous state of these exhibitions, this research believes that designing a set of well-organized, scientific, and interactive display systems is essential to better displaying the cultural relics of Mogao.
