{"id":3372,"date":"2018-12-10T22:37:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T02:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tlsrv.net\/immersive-publishing-for-cultural-preservation-visiting-the-national-museum-of-rio-de-janeiro-in-memories\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:30:29","slug":"immersive-publishing-for-cultural-preservation-visiting-the-national-museum-of-rio-de-janeiro-in-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/immersive-publishing-for-cultural-preservation-visiting-the-national-museum-of-rio-de-janeiro-in-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Students&#8217; Virtual Tour of National Museum Memories after Devastating Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A devastating fire destroyed the National Museum of Brazil in 2019. <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Leonardo Coelho, a journalist and a student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, <\/span>had started working on a project that developed new ways for people to remember and share memories of the museum they loved. To us, Leonardo\u2019s initiative struck as a truly wonderful example of how 360 media and immersive publishing can support cultural preservation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Book a free consultation<\/h3><p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about how your company can save resources and effectively support employees with impactful training, schedule a free call with one of our transformation consultants.<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/andrew-6\/thinglinkdemo\">Book a free consultation<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/603436\/Screen%20Shot%202018-12-10%20at%201.24.36%20PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-12-10 at 1.24.36 PM\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Project goal: An immersive space to retain memories of the museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The idea for the project had started at a workshop with&nbsp;<u><a href=\"https:\/\/docubase.mit.edu\/curator\/sandra-gaudenzi\/\">Sandra<\/a><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/docubase.mit.edu\/curator\/sandra-gaudenzi\/\"> <u>Gaudenzi<\/u><\/a> and <u><a href=\"http:\/\/bug404.net\/blog\/author\/andrepaz\/?lang=en\">Andr\u00e9 Paz<\/a>.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201cIn this project our main goal was to provide an immersive space to retain memories of the actual space, the National Museum. &nbsp;We wanted people to be able to see their memoirs &#8211; be it images, sound, video etc &#8211; linked to the exact spot they remember the best at the national museum &#8212; and why they remember a certain specific place and not the other? What did the space mean and symbolize for the people had visited the museum?\u201c<\/span>.<\/p>\n<cite><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Leonardo Coelho<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the project below: (Please note we have significantly updated the ThingLink experience since this blog was originally published. Explore the new ThingLink suite<a href=\"http:\/\/thinglink.com\"> here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/mediacard\/1122270659724967938?autoplay=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Collaboration with UNIRIO: A call for personal memories and photos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">As a next step, Leonardo and his friends Cristophe Nonato and Will Nogueira got in touch with museology graduates Luana Santos and Nicolas Janu\u00e1rio as well as their teacher Ludmila Costa from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). They made a public<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/museum-digs-out-a-future-from-charred-scientific-ruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> call for photos of the national museum and received thousands of pictures.<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Production of stories using ThingLink<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">After meeting with UNIRIO, Leonardo and his friends created a working group to produce and launch example stories using the 360 images that carried people\u2019s memories in an interactive way. The group also included Flora Rodrigues, Gabriel Arouca and Lais Fonseca from production engineering department at UNIRIO. At this point Leonardo posted a note to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ThingLinkEducation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThingLink Education group on Facebook<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/603436\/SAVE_20181203_090212.jpeg\" alt=\"SAVE_20181203_090212\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u201cOur group liked ThingLink\u2019s interface &#8211; which is relatively easy to use &#8211; and I personally liked the fact that we were able to skip coding and massive editing, and instead focus on the actual memories of people. Another thing that we found important during the development was that &nbsp;the experience should be as light and mobile as possible, so that the audience could look at them on the fly. For viewers, it definitely provides a balanced user experience, even if it\u2019s very simple. However, sometimes simple is the best option.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<cite><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Leonardo Coelho<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/603436\/SAVE_20181203_090241.jpeg\" alt=\"SAVE_20181203_090241\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Read these examples of how educators and exhibitions organizers at galleries, museums and cultural institutions are using ThingLink to create immersive virtual tours of their spaces which improve access to their cultural heritage artefacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/highland-folk-museum-wows-the-world-with-fresh-new-twist-on-virtual-tours\" target=\"_blank\">Highland Folk Museum<\/a>&nbsp;case study<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/va-dundee-widens-access-with-thinglink\" target=\"_blank\"><u>V&amp;A Dundee case study<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/roms-virtual-tours-solve-access-issues\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Royal Ontario Museum case study<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/vermont-art-online-bringing-culture-to-their-communities-in-the-face-of-covid19\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Vermont Art Online case study<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/budapest-museums\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Budapest Museums and Galleries<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;case study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the conversation!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us or join our groups and communities on social media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/thinglink\" target=\"_blank\">ThingLink LinkedIn Page<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/9054683\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThingLink\" target=\"_blank\">X \/ Twitter ThingLink Page<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThingLink_EDU\" target=\"_blank\">X \/ Twitter ThingLink Edu Page<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/communities\/1670006007819280385\" target=\"_blank\">X \/ Twitter Creative Learning Design Community<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ThingLinkEducation\" target=\"_blank\">ThingLink Education Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating fire destroyed the National Museum of Brazil in 2019. 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