ViMuseo is an online tool to create multimedia presentations, virtual exhibitions and projects. It is designed for small, local history museums in Finland.
The main goals of the ViMuseo tool are:
- to provide opportunities for small museums to share their knowledge;
- to promote better accessibility to cultural heritage; and
- to make small Finnish museums more accessible through the Internet.
ViMuseo.fi is a part of the doctoral project conducted at the Department of Art and Culture Studies at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and within the doctoral program of the Finnish Research Education Network on the Society’s Memory Functions (MEMORNET). The research is supported by the grants from the Department of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland and by MEMORNET.
The main objectives of the research are:
- to investigate the possibilities of new media in presenting cultural heritage in small museums in Finland;
- to analyse the cooperation among the researchers, graphic designers and programmers; and
- to construct a tool to create multimedia presentations
The doctoral research is scheduled to be completed in 2012. The ViMuseo.fi project is a non-commercial project and its future development is being discussed.
As the research supervisors act Professor Janne Vilkuna (museology) and Professor Raine Koskimaa (digital culture).
Read more about the research may be read here: Laine-Zamojska, M., Virtual Museum and Small Museums: ViMuseo.fi Project. In J. Trant and D. Bearman (eds). Museums and the Web 2011: Proceedings. Toronto: Archives & Museum Informatics. Published March 31, 2011. Consulted February 15, 2012. http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2011/papers/virtual_museum_and_small_museums_vimuseofi_pro
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