On April 22, the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum (VNFAM) held a launching ceremony for the iMuseum VFA multimedia explanation application. This is a multimedia application, including high-quality audio, text and images, helping visitors to visit VNFAM online and in person.
The application has features that allow users to view high-quality images of the work; read the introduction; determine the location of the exhibits; view the exhibition system diagram; distinguish between rooms that have been, are being and have not been viewed by color...
iMuseum VFA is integrated on 2 platforms Android, iOS and uses QR code scanning technology, iBeacon positioning, can be used on mobile phones and tablets. The application usage fee is 50,000 VND/time, with a duration of up to 8 hours, with 8 languages: Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Italian (German will be added in the near future).
Director of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Dr. Nguyen Anh Minh said that the application was researched and developed from the need to improve the quality of visits for tourists. In addition, it is from the benefits of applying information technology to the work of preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage in general and fine art heritage in particular.
The application is the result of a joint socialization project between the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and Vietnam Mobile Application Software Joint Stock Company (VINMAS). After more than 2 years of research, content building and technology development, the application was put into testing in December 2020 and officially launched on April 22, 2021.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Director General of the General Department of Tourism Nguyen Trung Khanh highly appreciated the initiative of the museum, one of the leading units applying technology to enhance the experience for visitors at museums across the country.
"In 2020, when all travel activities were disrupted globally due to the Covid-19 pandemic, e-marketing once again showed its important role. The development and deployment of the iMuseum VFA application will be a boost for cultural tourism destinations in general and the museum system in particular to have the motivation to change, catch up with world trends, create new, interesting and convenient experiences for tourists," said Mr. Khanh.
Hanoi launches online tour app for Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. Photo: ViettimesVNFAM is one of the national museums with the most important position in preserving and promoting the cultural and artistic heritage of the Vietnamese ethnic community. The museum preserves more than 20,000 artifacts, vivid evidence of the development of Vietnamese Fine Arts from prehistoric times to the present day, including 9 National Treasures.
Over the years, the museum has been carrying out many innovative activities such as: building audio-visual rooms, creative spaces for children. Recently, there has been an online exhibition of works about the resistance against the US.
