Elar has completed the second stage of digitization for the "RAZarchation" project

2024: Digitization of 184 handwritten albums

184 handwritten albums were translated into a figure within the framework of the project of the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts "RAZarchation. Heritage of the Research Institute of the Art Industry as a resource center for the interaction of the museum, educational institutions and creative industries "(winner of the" Museum 4.0 "competition of the" Museum without Borders "program of the Vladimir Potanin Charitable Foundation) Elar announced this on September 4, 2024.

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One of the tasks of the project is to digitize the materials of the Research Institute of the Art Industry, stored in the collection of the museum and of great practical interest for museum specialists, teachers and students of specialized universities and colleges, creative industries, - said Irina Borisovna Shalugina, scientific secretary, candidate of historical sciences, project manager "RazARCHIVATSIYA.

At the first stage, ELAR specialists digitized 6056 exhibits: sketches and photographs of field expeditions and business trips of the Institute's employees to the regions of Russia from 1932 to 1999, as well as the development of the Institute for various centers of folk art crafts: stitching tables, fabric staining samples, other methodological and technological developments.

At the second stage, digital copies were created for 184 handwritten albums with reports from the Institute's employees on the results of expeditions and developments for crafts, added Irina Borisovna Shalugina. - These materials complement the first block and help to study the NIIHP methodology with the fields.

Digitization was carried out using professional ELAR scanners, which provided careful contactless scanning for originals of various formats and degrees of preservation. The results of the two stages of digitization are already available on the museum's website in the Online Collection section.