Visit Lam Dong Museum through 3D virtual reality experience

Lam Dong Museum (4 Hung Vuong, Da Lat City) has long been an impressive destination due to the attraction of historical and cultural values ​​of the land and people of the Southern Central Highlands. Now, if you cannot come here, just sit at your computer or smartphone, you can also visit Lam Dong Museum with vivid virtual reality on the internet.

"Traditional crafts and daily life of Lam Dong ethnic groups" are described in detail.

• VIRTUAL AS REAL

Accessing the address https://3d.baotanglamdong.com.vn/, Lam Dong Museum appears with 36 sections, allowing you to "enter" the spaces with just a mouse click: Panorama of Lam Dong Museum; Folk games area, Ma and K'Ho ethnic groups' reenactment area; Outdoor exhibition area introducing Cat Tien relics; In front of Queen Nam Phuong's palace; Pine hill in the Museum campus; Road to visit Lam Dong Museum's exhibition house; Animal specimen exhibition area; Mineral specimen exhibition area; Ancient Da Lat exhibition area; Prehistoric archaeological exhibition area in Lam Dong; Phu My archaeological site; Cat Tien archaeological site; Cultural characteristics of ethnic groups in Lam Dong; Labor and production life of ethnic groups in Lam Dong; Traditional crafts and daily life of ethnic groups in Lam Dong; Spiritual life of ethnic groups in Lam Dong; French colonial period and the formation of Communist Party cells in Lam Dong; The uprising to seize power in August 1945 and the period of resistance against the French; Lam Dong army and people in the resistance war against the US; Lam Dong after liberation; Lam Dong's achievements in the renovation period; Lam Dong homeland today and some famous products of Da Lat...

Just click on a category, the whole space appears, rotates to see a 360-degree panorama, like a slow-motion film. We can stop to zoom in on a document, image, or artifact, and can rotate each artifact 360 degrees to see detailed descriptions and dimensions. For example, click on the "Working life of ethnic groups in Lam Dong" tour space, images of the Ma, K'Ho, and Churu people hunting, gathering, digging holes to sow seeds, and fishing will appear. We can click on each artifact such as: baskets, traps, trays, baskets, baskets, baskets, rafts, plows, harrows... to see specific details of each artifact.

Each space, each artifact, accompanied by an explanation, can be rotated back and forth, forward and backward, providing complete information, simulating reality exactly and vividly. Along with the forms of introduction by sound, the 3D visual and attractive images convey basic information about the history of formation, development of historical events, cultural characteristics of the ethnic groups in the Southern Central Highlands... making virtual reality even more "real".

Thanks to the application of new technologies, the virtual space of Lam Dong Museum has been quickly accepted by the public and highly appreciated. The number of daily visits to the Lam Dong Museum website after integrating the virtual museum is from 1,000 - 1,500, an increase of over 30% compared to before. Through the virtual display system, the number of visitors to the museum is increasing and Lam Dong Museum has become an impressive destination for tourists.

• RESULTS FROM APPLYING TECHNOLOGY 4.0

That is the result of the research topic "Application of 4.0 technology in management, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage values ​​at Lam Dong Museum" deployed by the Department of Science and Technology. Lam Dong Museum currently displays about 2,000 artifacts out of more than 12,000 artifacts under management. In the trend of the 4.0 Industrial Revolution in conservation management, museums are inevitable. After more than 2 years, experts and scientists have implemented a system and digitized the database of scientific records of tangible and intangible heritage, digitized the database and scientific records for 5,000 typical artifacts, serving the management and promotion of values, as a basis for continuing to digitize all artifacts at Lam Dong Museum; built a software system to manage the database of artifacts of Lam Dong Museum, serving the management, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage values; 3D reconstruction of 200 typical and valuable artifacts currently on display at Lam Dong Museum, and integration into the 3D tour system (virtual tour) on the internet environment. Thereby, it has allowed visitors to have experiences similar to real space anytime, anywhere via the internet.

Along with the construction of the Virtual Reality Museum, the Lam Dong Museum's management and inventory software is also built based on general criteria on expertise and profession in the museum field and the characteristics and actual conditions. The applied management software has systematically managed all museum artifact data. The software is easy to use; saves a lot of time in managing, retrieving, and searching for artifact information; is convenient for searching and ensuring information security. The software allows museum staff to search for artifact information based on available criteria of the artifact (collection, material, type, etc.); allows reporting of artifact data based on classification criteria according to the museum's professional requirements such as: quantity based on collection; based on material, type and preservation status, etc.; allows adjusting artifact information, adding new collections. At the same time, the software is capable of storing large amounts of information; Decentralized management and the ability to back up data to ensure safety, restore 3D artifacts when needed... Mr. Hoang Ngoc Huy - Director of Lam Dong Museum said that the application of 4.0 technology has contributed to improving the operational efficiency of Lam Dong Museum in managing, preserving and promoting the value of national cultural heritage.

Source: http://baolamdong.vn/van-hoa-nghe-thuat/202503/tham-quan-bao-tang-lam-dong-qua-trai-nghiem-thuc-te-ao-3d-7607ef4/