The project entitled "www.muzeach" (worplay meaning in Polish: "in the museums") involves the popularization of digital resources of five museums run or co-run by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport: Museum of King Jan III's Palace in Wilanów (project leader), POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, The Museum in Lublin, The National Museum in Szczecin and The Castle Museum in Łańcut. The project assumes the development of infrastructure for the digitization and access to digital resources of these museums to the extent necessary to achieve the project objectives. Providing information about the collections (images with descriptions in both Polish and English, including GIS geographic information system) within digital museum collections and a multi-search engine integrating scattered resources of partner institutions (as recommended by the ICOM Council of Museums) is allow easy access to the cultural heritage. The project is addressed to, among others, scientists, academic lecturers, students, teachers, pupils, museologists, hobbyists and tourists. The implementation of the project will facilitate home and family cultural education, understood as the most effective way of building and transmitting cultural identity, patterns, norms and habits.
The main objective of the project is to improve the access to digital cultural resources offered by project participant museums. It is coordinated with the specific objective of the Polska Cyfrowa - Digital Poland Operational Program: digital accessibility and usability of public sector information. Cultural resources held by museums - national cultural institutions - constitute public sector information according to the definition. Through digitization activities, as well as the implementation of innovative methods of making available, access to national cultural resources in digital form will be increased.
The project website: www.muzeach.pl
Polska Cyfrowa - Digital Poland Operational Program official website: https://www.polskacyfrowa.gov.pl/
The www.muzeach project has been carried out within Program Operacyjny Polska Cyfrowa na lata 2014-2020 (Digital Poland for years 2014-2020), oś Priorytetowa nr 2 „E-administracja i otwarty rząd” (Priority Axis No. 2: "E-Administration and Open Government"), działanie nr 2.3 „Cyfrowa dostępność i użyteczność informacji sektora publicznego” (Action No. 2.3 "Digital Accessibility and Usefulness of Public Sector Information"), poddziałanie nr 2.3.2 „Cyfrowe udostępnienie zasobów kultury” (Sub-Action No. 2.3.2 "Digital Popularization of Cultural Resources").
Beneficiary: Museum of King Jan III's Palace in Wilanów
Partners: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, The Museum in Lublin, The National Museum in Szczecin and The Castle Museum in Łańcut
Total project value: PLN 10,980,688.81
Co-funding amount: PLN 9,247,929.94 zł