Museum launches project on smart technology

HISTORY ONLINE: The Southern Women’s Museum of HCM City has opened online exhibitions of ancient artefacts, paintings and sculptures from different periods on their website www.baotangphunu.com.vn. — Photo courtesy of Southern Women’s Museum

HCM CITY — The Hồ Chí Minh Museum here has launched a new project using smart technology to offer online displays as part of efforts to develop its business.

The project will offer online exhibitions with 3D technology, smart apps and websites with the aim of expanding the museum’s activities and showcasing them to the public.

Technology called Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Realty (MR) will be applied. They will help visitors see connections between objects and contexts, and visualise and learn about historical periods and culture through space and time.

The apps will show images and information in different languages, allowing the museum to provide more in-depth information. Video clips about well-known historical figures and historical background will be also included.

The app on smartphones or tablets acts as an electronic guide. It helps the system accurately locate where visitors are standing and displays information about nearby objects in an animated micro image.

It also helps to minimise the work of the tour guide while creating a modern, friendly exhibition environment.

SMART MUSEUM: The Hồ Chí Minh Museum in HCM City has launched a new project on using smart technology to offer online displays as part of its effort to develop business. — Photo courtesy of Hồ Chí Minh Museum

“We are working to develop our business by using modern technology applications to convey the most effective content and information,” said the museum’s director Lưu Thị Tuyết Trinh.

“We wanted to expand the museum’s activities and showcase them to people all around the world.”

To run the project, Trinh and her staff have worked with their partners from the HCM City University of Technology (HUTECH), and agencies of Meta Art and Vietnam Travel.

Trinh said her museum will offer new online exhibitions using a smart museum mobile app this year. Guests can install the Hồ Chí Minh Museum app on IOS or Android devices and explore the photos on display.

“I was able to search for useful things after viewing online displays of the Hồ Chí Minh Museum,” said Phan Nhật Gia Huy, a third-year student of the HUTECH.

“I learned more and shared the history and culture of Việt Nam with foreign students, which raised their awareness about my home country,” he said.

Hồ Chí Minh Museum, located on Nguyễn Tất Thành Street in District 4, attracts thousands of local and foreign visitors, including students, per year.

The museum is dedicated to President Hồ Chí Minh’s life and career. It consists of collections of more than 170,000 documents, artefacts, objects, images, videos and films, many gifted from international organisations and collectors. — VNS