The Belvedere Research Center organizes its third international conference on the digital transformation of the art museum. The 2021 edition will focus on online collections and the re-contextualization of the museum object in the digital universe.
During the COVID lock down, the call for online availability of museum objects became louder. Many museums responded immediately by putting existing content online and introducing tools to enable virtual visits. This push again highlights the potential of online collections: they allow both expert and lay audiences to explore and enjoy the collection, either as a goal in itself, or as a means to plan a visit. However, the value, or at least the usability, of the digitized materials (i.e., images and information) in the web’s massive eco-system depends to a large extent on their uniqueness and trustworthiness.
Following this rationale, the five-day event will gather contributions addressing primarily – but not exclusively – the following topics.