"Elar" digitized objects of traditional culture of the peoples of the Arctic

2022

Digitization of 1000 objects of traditional culture of the peoples of Russia

During the project, about 1000 objects of traditional culture of the peoples of Russia living in the Arctic zone, as well as 3,000 photographs and negatives from the collection of "Arctic peoples" of the Russian Ethnographic Museum, were digitized for the Russian Ethnographic Museum. Elar announced this on September 13, 2022.

The Russian Ethnographic Museum stores unique objects for more than 150 peoples of Russia and neighboring countries. ELAR Corporation and the Russian Ethnographic Museum have a long history of cooperation and successful projects to digitize various ethnographic exhibits, various in materials, performance techniques, size and, accordingly, approach in the process of digitization.

This project to digitize cultural objects, as well as photographs and negatives, united by the topics of "Arctic peoples," took place thanks to the support of the Association of Arctic Museums, - said Natalya Nikolaevna Prokopyeva, Deputy Director for Accounting, Storage and Restoration.

High-quality digital copies are used to preserve the image of objects in the museum database, to fill the State Catalog of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation, as well as in everyday custodial work to search for objects for display, etc., - explained Natalya Nikolaevna Prokopyeva.

Digitization of 23,000 exhibits

More than 23,000 exhibits were digitized for the Russian Ethnographic Museum, including large objects from the ethnography department of the peoples of Central Asia. Elar announced this on March 10, 2022.

The Russian Ethnographic Museum for March 2022 stores objects for more than 150 peoples of Russia and neighboring countries. All ethnographic objects are diverse, different in materials, performance techniques, sizes, so each type of object requires an individual approach in the process of digitization. In 2021, ELAR specialists created digital copies of exhibits from various museum hotels to fill the electronic catalog. The objects of ceramics of the department of ethnography of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, exhibits from the department of ethnography of the peoples of Siberia, objects, details of the dwelling and utensils of the department of ethnography of the peoples of Central Asia were digitized.

Digitization of the details of the dwelling of the Central Asian department was the most time-consuming and important for the museum. These are large-sized objects - doors, grilles, dome poles of the dwelling of nomadic peoples of Central Asia, and work with a large number of these of the same type, difficult to digitize for the museum of objects was carried out at a high level by the staff of the museum itself and specialists of the ELAR corporation, - said Natalya Nikolaevna Prokopyeva, deputy director for accounting, storage and restoration.

In high resolution, the textiles of the ethnography department of the peoples of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova were scanned. Professional domestic planetary scanning complexes were used to obtain reference copies. For the first time, the use of scanning was tested by the Russian Ethnographic Museum and ELAR back in 2018 using the example of textiles from the Russian ethnography collection.

This experience turned out to be very interesting, since the obtained image quality made it possible to consider the smallest details of the ornament, the interweaving of threads, - explained Natalya Nikolaevna Prokopyeva. - In 2021, we used the same methodology, which now allows us to use images both in publications in printing, for research purposes, and for a detailed consideration of weaving and embroidery techniques of textiles.

Digital copies of the exhibits are created for the Russian Ethnographic Museum in order to preserve the image of objects in the museum database, as well as to fill the State Catalog of the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation and for use in everyday storage work to search for objects for display.

Cooperation between ELAR and the Russian Ethnographic Museum is based on a mutual understanding of the tasks set, coordinated coordination, mutual professionalism and trust, "added Natalya Nikolaevna Prokopyeva.

2019

On May 29, 2019, ELAR announced that it had digitized the most difficult part of the photo fund, as well as film negatives, fabrics and embroidery samples for the Russian Ethnographic Museum (REM).

According to the company, ELAR has completed a project to create an electronic catalog of images of museum collections to fill the KAMIS information system of one of the largest ethnographic museums in the world.

The created information resource has replenished the electronic catalog of images of museum collections in the complex automated museum information system "KAMIS." We are grateful to the ELAR specialists who carried out large-scale work at a high professional level and in a short time, which will allow us, among other things, to timely implement the state task of filling the State Catalog. Vladimir Grusman, Director of the Russian Ethnographic Museum

To replenish the electronic collection of the museum with high-quality digital copies and process originals in accordance with the requirements of the system, a specialized technological platform was created on the territory of the museum by ELAR professionals. Digitization was carried out at the ELAR PlanScan and ELAR PowerScan complexes, the contactless scanning system completely excluded any damage to museum exhibits.