A digital guide app for exhibitions: a Case of Ternopil Regional Local Lore Museum
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The article analyzes approaches to creating digital information guides to support the activities of small museums of local importance. Recommendations have been developed for the implementation of a digital application based on industry standards in working with exhibits, an intuitive method of interaction with a visitor to a museum exhibition and providing user-friendly support for his individual track through the museum. The use of photogrammetric methods is proposed to create HD-textured 3D models of artifacts that are the central exhibits of collections in order to raise the museum's recognition, increase user interest and create a positive response from visitors. The practical implementation of the digitalization technology of historical and cultural heritage was carried out using selected exhibits from the Ternopil Regional Local Lore Museum as an example.
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