TWA Digitisation Grant 2022 - Winners Announced!
>>> Press release Having announced the successful applicants at the ARA Conference on 1st September, we have pleasure confirming this year's lucky winners! After some key changes to the TWA Digitisation Grant, as a result of COVID-19, we are pleased to see even more heritage archives being protected this year, opening up opportunities for accessibility and reach. The standards have always been high, and the quality astounding, presenting our judges with some ver...

Study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage
The study, led by Cyprus University of Technology, has identified all relevant elements for successful 3D digitisation of cultural heritage, classifying them by degree of complexity and purpose or use. The study also looked at what determines the quality of a 3D digitisation project and made an inventory of existing formats, standards, guidelines and methodologies used by the industry. This unique study on 3D digitisation demonstrates that complexity and quality are fundamental consid...

The role of photographic heritage in empowering communities' participation in cultural heritage
image: Piazza dei Miracoli a Pisa, photo offred by Lucia Tomasi Tongiorgi in Promoter Digital Gallery CC-BY-NC-ND. Organized by Photoconsortium in cooperation with the Museo della Grafica and University of Pisa and hosted at the Palazzo Lanfranchi, in the very city center on the banks of the river Arno, this 1-day conference invited leading speakers from the Citizen Heritage consortium partners and other experts in digital cultural heritage, in Social Sciences and Humanities research and ...

Digital strategies for small and medium-sized European museums: the call by DOORS
DOORS, the Digital Incubator for Museums, is a project co-funded by the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, aims to create an European incubator to support small and medium-sized museums. It is coordinated by ARS ELECTRONICA. The digital transformation of museums has become necessary, urgent and DOORS wants to support museums in developing strategies to integrate technology and to enrich the online and on-site cultural offer. In a first phase of its work, DOORS will carry out ...