Museums go digital to survive pandemic

via Saigon Giai Phong, 08 August 2021: How the Da Nang Museum, Museum of Cham Sculpture and the Da Nang Museum of Fine Arts are adopting digital technologies to reach out to audiences during the pandemic.

Museums in the central city of Da Nang have been able to ride out several waves of the coronavirus through online exhibitions and exchanging up-to-date information with visitors through smartphones and social networks

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The Cham Sculpture Museum – one of the most popular destinations in the city – and one of the city’s tourism magnets immediately introduced a 3D experience for tourists visiting the museum. The digital tourism introduction was seen as an option in keeping the museum’s doors open for all visitors during the pandemic.

“All exhibits were scanned to allow visitors to tour the museum in Vietnamese and English, with an audio and visual introduction,” said Ly Hoa Binh, a communication employee at the museum.

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