This paper describes work being carried out by CIMI (the Consortium for Interchange of Museum Information) on the analysis of exhibition catalogues. This is being undertaken as part of Project CHIO (Cultural Heritage Information Online). The project plans to use the SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) standard to express the structure and content of source materials, including exhibitio...

This paper presents a user evaluation related to the overall experience of a number of volunteers obtained by visiting two virtual museums populated with digitized Cypriot cultural heritage/art items using different virtual reality display systems. The two virtual museums used are replicas of an engraving museum and a virtual Byzantine icons museum. During the experiment visitors were able to u...

Augmented Reality (AR), a computer science field considered by many as a subfield of the broader concept of Mixed Reality, could alter dramatically the way we interact not only with computers but also with the real environment surrounding us, as well as with other human beings. Augmented Reality has so far been used for applications linked with military training, medicine, maintenance, architec...

Technologies of the Internet of Things (IoT) and of smart spaces provide an effective base for creating smart museums based on digitized infrastructures and information systems already deployed in many modern museums. Cultural heritage knowledge in such a museum is used by interested visitors as well as by professionals. This work continues our research on the smart museum concept and its case ...

In recent times, the search for a new relationship with nature, of quality and safety of foodstuffs and in particular the need for “identity”, of characterizing places as bearers of values and traditions have led an increasing number of people to see rural areas as places of values, resources, culture and products to discover and enjoy. Agriculture has taken on a multifunctional role and link w...

The Textile Museum & The International Hajji Baba Club Washington D.C. June 19, 2004 Introduction Handmade carpet production in Iran goes back to the history, of which is not the subject of this short paper and presentation. Carpet production and in general carpet culture especially in rural areas is combined and mixed with every-day life of many people. In rural places, almost all the women...

Cultural heritage in Greece is natural and also, sources from human activity. Thus, it needs to be protected as a whole by the state. For such reason, local responsible authorities cooperate with Ministry of Culture each other, order manage cultural country. A remarkable number monuments are included World Heritage list UNESCO. The Tobacco Museum Kavala unique its kind an industrial museum. It ...

This article discusses the opportunities and challenges of applying modern information retrieval techniques to the cultural heritage domain. Although the fi eld of information retrieval is closely associated with computer science, it originally emerged from library science — also one of the main disciplines concerned with access to cultural heritage material. Hence we are, in a sense, exploring...

1. Cultural heritage problems share many characteristics with problems encountered in environmental economics. Many of the services provided may not enter markets, or do so only indirectly and imperfectly. And many benefits are wholly intangible. Moreover, the nature of the benefits provided by cultural heritage sites is conceptually very similar to those provided by, for example, national park...

The article presents results of study the Tyumen region south cultural framework, capable determining and systemically building tourist potential territory. Within strategic project Industrial University "Architectural Image Region" by department Environment Design" Institute Architecture Design, based on studies conducted, conceptual projects were completed to form infrastructure design histor...