LOOKING AHEAD2011-2017 PLANThe Department For MuseumsThe Israeli Ministry of Culture

The Department for Museums

• 54 ‘Recognized Museums’ nation-wide• Variety of objects and collections:

Art, Judaica, Archeology, Ethnography, History and Heritage,

Technology, Science, Nature…• National project of digitizing the

heritage • Special budgets for preservation, QA

and security

The Typical Museum Seeks to

• Preserve and enhance its collections• Improve the quality of cataloging• Enrich its relevant knowledge base• Attract target audience by exhibitions,

PR and virtual exhibitions• Maximize the use of modern

technology for reaching its goals

Digitizing the Israeli Heritage Goals Products

• MANA- Common platform for cataloging and collections management

• Catalogue enrichment with photos, videos and similar digital forms

• Europeana (Linked-Heritage)• Linked vocabularies

• iMUS- The Israeli Museum Open Portal (Europeans API, MANA feeding tools)

• Electronic Catalogue

• Digital Preservation

• Membership of the international cultural community

Public engagement

Digitizing the Israeli Heritage

Catalogue Digital Preservation

International Membership

Public Engagemen

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MANA iMUS Europeana

Digitizing the Heritage - Challenges

Collection K Items K Items to digit (2012-2016)

Plastic Art 311,905 108,200

Archeology 692,855 197,158

Judaica 45,322 30,912

History and Heritage 85,152 78,785

Holocaust Memorizing 378,250 462

Ethnography 24,347 4,488Science & Technology 74,711 0

Total 1,612,542 410,005