New Digital Technologies, Apps and Tools for Museums and Galleries

Organisers: National Museum of History and Digital Spaces Living Lab

Workshop and discussion for museum experts (max 20 participants)

• Brief presentation of the EMEE (Eurovision Museum Exhibiting Europe) project, Tsvetana Kyoseva, NMH

• Live demonstration of the digital loupe in Hall 2 of NMH, Digital Spaces Living Lab

• Presentation of preliminary results of the digital loupe trials with school children carried out in November 2014 at NMH, Stavri Nikolov, Digital Spaces Living Lab

• Brief presentation of the following projects: - eCultValue, eCultObservatory, and meSch (Material EncounterS with digital Cultural Heritage), Stavri Nikolov, Digital Spaces Living Lab

• Bulgariana in the context of Europeana, Mariana Damova, Mozaika

• Brief presentations of other mobile and web apps that could be used in museums and art galleries - ColorExtract and Autotag.me, Georgi Kadrev, Imagga, and TagStory, Kyrre Havik Eriksen, TagStory and Stavri Nikolov, Digital Spaces Living Lab

• Discussion how mobile apps, tools and gadgets based on advanced information and communication technologies could be designed, made, tested and used in museums and art galleries.

For more information about the digital loupe see:

http://waag.org/en/news/travelling-loupe