In Italy the culture for the protection of cultural heritage of ancient origins. It relied on the protection and preservation of our memory material, concretely reproduced Standing in the exposition of the many museum exhibits in our country. Italy receives - especially abroad - many awards for its expertise and technology acquired over time, devoted to the use of cultural heritage. One among many is that of Virtual Museum of Iraq in which the Italian technological skills were made available for the reconstruction of historical and archaeological heritage of Iraq.
In February 2009, after six years as from April 2003 was brutally raped and severely looted, it was re-opened National Museum of Iraq Bagdagd. That event was a major blow to the memory and the identity of paese.Nel 2005, the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs through Iraq task force that worked in the Directorate General for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, gave the Council National Research [CNR] the task of achieving the "Virtual Museum of Baghdad" in order to make available online, both the public and to scholars, this invaluable heritage. The choice of the CNR was not a casual view of the proven experience in the virtual reconstruction of monuments, artistic and archaeological sites.
The Virtual Museum of Iraq returns to honor culture and heritage of a nation and return to the public during a priceless heritage. The project, among other things, is an opportunity for cultural development as well as diplomatic: the museum presents, in fact, a selection of the most significant works of ancient Mesopotamian civilization, including those housed in major museums around the world. Through the creation of the virtual museum, the works (accessible in English, Italian and Arabic) are exposed in a way that allows the visit of a much larger audience than the actual capacity of a traditional exhibition environment.
"They were clicking more than 400,000 pages and over 120 thousand visitors. The English pages have received more visits than those in Italian, about two-thirds more, "explains Roberto De Mattei, vice president of CNR. "In the ranking of 'navigators - De Mattei continues - the United States ranked first with over 35 000 hits, from Italy, which has registered about 24 000, followed by Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico. " stand out in seventh place, the UAE before the visits, Turkey, Germany and Sweden.
It was a job that has allowed the emergence of the eminence in the science field of exhibition and preservation of cultural heritage and museums, often not considered as being of secondary interest. A synergy between experties and better technology laboratories of the CNR and scholars of the ancient world, thanks to advanced techniques of 3D modeling and multimedia presentation, shows a high skill on the world stage.
So, not simply a website that allows browsing of the assets in a museum, but a real environment where experience of digital images taken in context in his own era and the historical site. Just the approach to the problem of contextualization, characteristic of the museum especially archaeological, has been a major goal of the exhibition "Virtual Museum of Iraq." The work presented customarily room museum that houses it, it loses track of its history, the knowledge of the historical setting for the user, if not for the contributions captions are inadequate for the benefit of editorial balance, often purely aesthetic. The representation in a different context, that of the museum room, means a loss of value and understanding of the operation, the virtual reconstruction of the Virtual Museum of Iraq puts the audience in a position to understand and appreciate the context in which the work was created, why the need for and the duties performed.
The Virtual Museum of Iraq reconstructs a journey through 6000 years of history, and traces the main stages of historical development and cultural civilizations that have lived in ancient Mesopotamia. A priceless heritage, as a female statuette in alabaster from Tell Es Sawwan (6200-5700 BC), the gold leaf of Elmo Meskalamdug (2450 BC), king of Ur, the glazed panel of Nimrud (IX century BC), the slab depicting his subjects Assyrians (VIII sec. BC).
The museum is divided into eight broad thematic rooms, which present the story chronologically from prehistory to the Islamic age: the birth of the first village communities to urban revolution, the emergence of large systems of domination supra-regional dimension to the empires universal
The tour ends with the foundation, in 762 AD, Madinat al-Salam ('city of peace'), today's Baghdad, a symbol of new role of land between two rivers in the Muslim world.
Each room features a selection of artifacts representative of the historical period under consideration, according to different modes of use: 70 artifacts, 40 three-dimensional models, over 100 archive images, 22 videos, 18 archaeological sites, all viewable in about six hours Navigation through the explanatory files, images, and three-dimensional models, video clips, movies, animations and reconstructions, maps and geopolitical interactive maps, satellite images, floor plans and reconstructions of the monuments.
A reconstruction and presentation, though not exhaustive of all civilization, capable of contribute to the knowledge of a historical heritage of inestimable value.
an advanced design that will certainly become a model for the use and enjoyment of cultural heritage that the National Research Council, the largest Italian public research body, achieved through the provision of civil society on its technological expertise, historical and artistic works for a new technology for the conservation and utilization.
The Institute for Technology Applied to Cultural Heritage of the National Research Council, for example, has developed within the Virtual Heritage Lab some platforms of virtual reality to take a fascinating walk nell'App Ancient Rome. Also in Rome, was set up by researchers at a multimedia station that allows for an interactive walk on the ancient Via Flaminia, visiting the Villa of Livia. In Padua, in order to avoid the deterioration of frescoes by Giotto, you can visit the Scrovegni Chapel through a large Media Room with seven locations. In Bologna, however, the CNR technology in the service of Cultural Heritage has created the "Virtual Museum of the Chartreuse."
A merit of Italy, which is at the service of humanity allows you to enjoy and promote our history, our past, what we were, are and will be.
In the name of protection and care.
(G. Faggion)
http://www.theprimate.it
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