Silvie Novotná

Digitization of the Cultural Heritage of the Regional Museum

Silvie Novotná – Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

Abstract:

The digitization of collection items enhances the museum’s potential in building a positive relationship between the younger generation and cultural heritage. The poster presents one of the projects of the Regional Museum in Olomouc, which is one of the largest regional memory institutions in the Czech Republic. The project focuses on the digitization of cultural heritage and its accessibility to the public. The museum received a grant, which enabled it to purchase new, essential high-quality equipment for digitizing collection items, provide external digitization, and restore unique collection pieces. While providing the highest quality of digitization and increasing the number of digitized collection items, the museum does not only work toward the long-term protection and preservation of cultural heritage for future generations and making the museum’s heritage accessible to the public via online platforms, but most importantly, the museum thus supports the fundamental “heritage education”.