Filenews 22 December 2020
The Acropolis Museum enters dynamically into the world of digital technology and opens new avenues of communication with its audience.
With the new program "Creation of a Digital Acropolis Museum" that has just been completed, the Acropolis Museum opens new avenues of communication with its audience and highlights the multifaceted aspects of its exhibits, offers unique experiences in its museum spaces and on the internet and creates a new, exciting world for young and old.
The new website created under the program, is an Internet Portal of modern aesthetics that captures the operation and activities of the Museum and provides multidimensional information and entertainment. Presents the Museum and its exhibition spaces, gives information about the visit, periodic exhibitions, actions, events, school and family activities, research, maintenance, new technologies.
At the same time, it presents, for the first time on a Greek museum website, all its exhibits making them accessible to the global community. The 2,156 works included today, to which will be gradually added and those kept in the archaeological warehouses of the Museum, are accompanied by extensive descriptions, interactive glossary, bibliography, photographs, drawings and in many cases videos.
The website is connected to social media, is available in Greek and English and offers information on the organization of the visit in four additional languages. It has multiple search tools and a non-critical design to dynamically adapt to all devices. It also ensures access to guests with colour blindness and is friendly to the visually impaired.
Children's website
For the museum's little friends, a special website has been created, aimed at children aged 6-12 years and invites them to experience the exciting world of the Museum having fun. Imaginative games, enjoyable videos and a range of creative activities motivate them to think, discover, play, experiment and create.
Digital applications
The 23 digital applications and videos produced under the program significantly enhanced the educational and recreational process both in the Museum's physical space and on the internet. Designed according to the general philosophy and museum approach of the Acropolis Museum, they complement the exhibits, increase their ability to understand, address different ages, take into account the diversity of visitors, promote communication between them and offer an advanced experience based on experiential and interactive methods.
New spaces in the Museum
The equipment acquired through the program, enabled the creation of two new spaces on the second floor of the Museum. On the touch screens of the Multimedia Center, visitors can navigate the fascinating stories and adventures experienced by some of the most important works of the Acropolis. In Children's Corner children can enjoy fun digital games and enjoyable videos that bring ancient myths to life, tell wonderful stories and unfold aspects of the daily life of ancient Athenians.
New features
The registration, digitization, photography and 3D scanning work carried out ensures the long-term preservation of valuable archival material and offers new possibilities in its management, export on the internet, the organization of exhibitions, the production of interactive material, games and publications. The MuseumPlus registered 27,755 digital files linked to 10,557 objects, digitized 496 handwritten excavation diaries, 110,000 photographs, 18,410 mobile findings logs and 7,500 maintenance bulletins. 500 exhibits from all sides were also photographed and 60 of them were scanned using the digital photogrammetry method.
The programme
The program "Creation of the Digital Acropolis Museum" was integrated into the P.E.P. "Attica 2014-2020" with COD. OPS: 5010606 and budget 1.330.240.63 € plus VAT 24%. The owner of the project and operator is the Acropolis Museum, the contracting authority of the Information Society S.A. and the contractor OF OTE S.A. For more information visit .
