I think these kind of installations would be perfect in an
environment where you want to stimulate kids. The key to the experience at the ABBA museum is for the visitor to actually interact with their whole body in the exhibition. For Fotografiska it could be
interactive photos where you at certain spots throughout the museum could
"enter" the photos by setting up a camera and mapping
out the background. Maybe you could use some form of visual tracking to make the visitor move stuff around in the photo or changing the colours.
The problem I can identify for a whole-body-interactive-experience at Fotografiska is that the
environment around this kind of setup gets really loud. Not because of the
music but by the excitement and joy of the visitors. It works at the ABBA
museum but in the quiet rooms at Fotografiska, where many of the visitors want
to stand still and ponder in front of a photo, this could easily become distracting. There are also some subject limitations to when it is
possible to implement a similar solution at Fotografiska. The exhibitions are
not always suitable for interactive experiences as some photographers focus on
serious or explicit subjects.
The general idea is great though. The questions is how do you
format it to suit children in a quiet environment. You want to stimulate the
children but without disturbing the other visitors.

Very good point. When it comes to make sure improving children's experience won't alter the one of parents and others visitor.
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