As the New European Agenda for Culture highlights, an embrace of technological tools and innovative approaches is needed to revitalize and bring about a much-needed evolution to the cultural sector. Museums as a key pillar of the Cultural Sector which is of immense importance for the EU as a key representation and promoter of its cultural heritage as well as a pivotal contributor to the Union’s economy and growth, need to take steps towards the digitisation of their workings and to reshape the way they engage their visitors. These realities and needs have been apparent for many years but have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic with its wide-ranging effect on all aspects of life that have, among others, accentuated the need for digital transition of organizations, institutions and industries.
Hence, museums and cultural foundations need to adopt innovative technologies to reshape the way their workings are conducted elevating the experience they offer to their audience and enhance their capacity to attract and engage younger generations.
MuseumAR designed and developed a comprehensive digital booklet dedicated to trainers and trainees. MuseumAR also developed a storytelling AR experience that can be tested and emulated by museums across the EU as well as learning material that can be utilized by museums and adult learning institutions to train their staff and their young professionals interested in pursuing a career in the sector.
To address the gap and needs of the field, the MuseumAR project’s manage to reach the following objectives:
- Introduced adult educators and museum professionals to the potential of AR as a storytelling tool and help them develop the capacity to train professionals and young graduates in utilizing it
- Built synergies between education and culture facilitated by new technologies
- Built capacity in museum employees and young graduates to collaborate with technology experts in a manner that will revamp the way these institutions operate and engage their visitors
- Empowered museums and cultural institutions to adopt innovative technological tools to engage their audience and present their collection
Augmented Reality and Learning in Museums Curriculum and Training Material
A curriculum to equip adult educators, trainers, museums professionals, artists and youth workers.
A Digital Booklet with Augment Reality Stories
A booklet to train adult educators and museum professionals on how to design, develop and use AR activities in the teaching practices and working.
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for promoting digital cultural heritage
MOOC with 5 training modules available for all, most of them without entrance prerequisites.
Hands-On! International Association of Children in Museums was founded in 1996 as the European advocate and umbrella organization for children and youth-dedicated museums and programs. Currently has about 120 member institutions. As organizers of the only European children and youth-focused museum conference (biennial), award (annually), online trainings, reports and newsletters, it reaches museum professionals in over 50 countries. It is internationally recognized (by ICOM, American Association of Children’s Museums, Network of European Museum Organizations, and all leading experts of the field) as the only European organization dedicated to children and youth in museums.
Alchemilla Società cooperativa sociale. ASC is an innovative start-up which collaborates with the Catholic University of Milano from before its foundation. ASC cultivates communities’ relations through digital and artistic experience and creates opportunities so that youth can play its advocacy in our days' societies. ASC is an expert in digital training and workshops, performing and visual arts: with these disciplines and methodologies people and groups discover what they are and imagine what they can become. ASC empowers children to create the future.
CARDET is one of the leading research and training centers in the eastern Mediterranean region with global expertise in project design and implementation, project management, training and e-learning. CARDET has completed numerous projects relating to the development of adult and vocational training initiatives in the areas of social work, innovation and entrepreneurship. Members of its team and board represent European and International Higher education institutions, training centers and international organizations, and have in-depth knowledge of the adult training sector and financial literacy area while CARDET focuses in the promotion of social justice and social progress. CARDET brings together an international team of experts with decades of global expertise in adult training, capacity building, curriculum development, social entrepreneurship, vocational training, design thinking, innovation, education research, evaluation, and human resource development.
Hellenic Children’s Museum (HCM): The Hellenic Children's Museum is a non-profit organisation of public welfare, established in 1987, with the goal to familiarise children with museums, art, and the cultural and heritage of Greece. Its purpose is to help children develop all aspects of their personality in order to become citizens who respect their own individuality and to obtain a social conscience. HCM’s mission is to encourage every child to discover, to understand, to learn, to enjoy and to shape the world in which they live with a respect for individuality and an emphasis on teamwork.
KMOP is a non-profit organisation based in Athens, Greece. KMOP with more than 40 years of experience in the sustainable development, social growth, human rights protection,adult education, social inclusion and policy research, brings to the partnership significant managerial and technical capacity that will contribute to the successful implementation of the project.
Costas & Rita Severis Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation committed to promoting the culture and history of Cyprus both locally and abroad as well as providing a platform for peacebuilding and reconciliation amongst all people of Cyprus and between Cyprus and its neighbours. Formed in 1999, the Foundation, through the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) museum, has been active in promoting scholarship, using its collections as a tool for education in the fields of history, culture and the arts, as well as for promoting active citizenship and cross-cultural understanding and cooperation
