Propositions for Museum Education: International Art Educators in Conversation, OSLER PATRICIA,SINNER ANITA,WHITE BOYD, Editör, Intellect Ltd, Bristol, ss.394-404, 2024
The development of virtual approaches in the museums
increase the digitization of cultural, natural, and technological heritage and the
demand to make collections more accessible. The idea behind this museum
type is to build a digital extension
of the museum on the Internet, like a museum without walls. This museum
approach is identified in various names and content on the internet as the
brochure museum, the content museum, learning museum and virtual museum. it can
extend the ideas and concepts of collections into the digital space and in this
way reveal the essential nature
of the museum. At the same time, the virtual
museum will reach out to virtual visitors who might
never be able to visit a certain museum in person. Museums with the goal of
making the next generation of virtual environments and exhibitions: more
communicative and effective, more sustainable, more accessible, and more
visible in public space or online. Besides the virtual museums, 21st century
provides museum visitors to reach contemporary technology use in the museums.
Museum technologies include museum digital libraries, human – computer
interaction, social network
analysis, cognitive science
experiences, interactive tools etc. Museums study the use of
interactive, multimedia exhibits in their galleries, the potential of online,
virtual Museums to expand the educational reach of the museum, the impact of
educational outreach programs designed to bring museum information resources in
the classroom over the internet. Viewed from this perspective museums take the
advantage of advanced in information Science and technology and social contexts
affecting the nature of museum
in general and the expectations of museum professionals and visitors.
The educational facilities which museums provide their
visitors, they should also develop their
physical structures in a contemporary line and reconsider them in a way that highlights
individual experience and visitor interaction during the time spent in there.
Museums produce knowledge and aim to spread information to all classes in a
society by using virtual practices. These practices have been helpful for
developing information technologies in museums especially for the last thirty
years and, resulted in implementing a structural reform and revisions regarding
integrating these technologies with museum perception. In the frame of these
revisions, online technologies, simulations, interactive presentations, and
digital exhibitions are at the first place. In two decades parallel with the
physical development of Turkish museums, utilizing digital technologies in the
museum space is widely recognized. Using new technology multimedia devices to
reach wide-range audiences opens up a new path
in new Turkish Museums. The purpose of this study is to identify the visual
culture activities which take place in modern
museums in the framework of educational activities, and to display practice samples in Turkish
museums in detail. The study contains the history and highlight samples of
virtual museums and using digital technologies in Turkish Museums. In addition
to that immersive virtual reality and digital heritage studies which is used in
museum Education. The study is a result of a descriptive survey model research
that contains samples
regarding
visual culture practices in Turkish Museums and the future perceptions through the outputs of COVID19 pandemic.
Keywords: Virtual museum, digital heritage, immersive virtual reality, museum
technologies, Turkish museums