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Virtual Museum and Small Museums: ViMuseo.fi Project
Magdalena Laine-Zamojska, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Abstract
New media are a huge opportunity and challenge for museums, especially for small institutions without digitized resources. The ViMuseo.fi is a research project conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The research focuses on the possibilities of new media in presenting cultural heritage in small Finnish museums. As a part of the research, a tool to present small museums on the Web was developed. The ViMuseo tool is a CMS for creating multimedia presentations, and was designed specifically for small institutions without digitized resources. The possible deployment of the tool is also discussed.
Keywords: virtual museum, small museum, Finland, digital heritage, CMS, local history museums
Virtual museum and small museums. ViMuseo.fi project
There are around 1000 museums in Finland. According to the National Board of Antiquities there are 163 professionally run museums, which are responsible for 326 places open to public[1].