Description
Tutrakan has a rich cultural heritage, part of which is stored in the local Historical Museum. The main part of this collection is not digitized. The project is aimed at the protection of cultural heritage, improvement of access and its promotion through modern IT. The project will establish a digital center in the museum with the aim of documenting the regional cultural history and developing expert capacity for digitalization of cultural heritage and its maintenance. The project ensures inclusion of Roma and minority people through their participation in the training on new technologies, introduction to local cultural heritage and sharing specific traditions. The project results in a digital library at the Historical Museum and the first ever digitization of 13% (730 pieces) of the Museum's cultural heritage collection, including 31 objects belonging to Roma heritage. Virtual tours, videos, and 2D and 3D models of cultural objects will be developed. Through a dynamic interactive portal and Virtual Museum in Bulgarian and English, this cultural heritage will be accessible to people all over the world, also those with visual disabilities. The groups targeted will be local public, Roma, minorities, students, researchers, tourists, and museum experts.
Summary of project results
The main objective of the project is to protect the cultural heritage, to improve its accessibility and to promote it through modern IT, to create a Digital Center at Tutrakan and to document the cultural history of the municipality. All planned activities under the project are fully implemented, some of the indicators have been achieved or even surpassed. A prerequisite for the gradual digitization and sharing of the immovable and movable cultural heritage was created by the museum's funds. Created: • Digital Center to the Historical Museum of Tutrakan • A web-based virtual museum with an online connection, with a digitized cultural heritage database; • 8 virtual tours and 12 video clips for cultural sites and events; • The expert capacity of the museum staff has been improved; • 12 Roma were trained to digitize the cultural heritage. Two of them have been actively involved in the digitization of cultural heritage and modern art of Tutrakan for 6 months; • A public campaign was held in the media under the motto "Discover the virtual world of Tutrakan!" And various events were organized - press conferences, multimedia exhibition, cultural and educational initiatives and project presentations. Representatives of the target groups took part in various meetings, presentations and initiatives under the project. They actively entered the Virtual Museum and attended the expositions. Representatives of the Roma ethnicity participated in digitization training and digitized cultural artifacts from the Historical Museum funds.
Summary of bilateral results