Digital interactive!

This past Thursday we went on a class field trip to AIC to check out the museum and experience their new digital interactives in the European decorative arts.
One thing that really struck me was this intersection between past and present, and how we experienced old ornate things, in a new digital way.
How did the iPads affect our experience with decorative arts? Was it distracting? Or were we able to glean more information from this enhanced experience?