Project Overview
The Hunt Museum, in collaboration with leading European partners, is set to begin an exciting new project, “3D Big Data to enrich the European Data Space for Cultural Heritage” (3DBigDataSpace). This project will launch on Saturday, 1 February 2025, this 18-month initiative will make high-quality 3D data more accessible for cultural heritage, education, and tourism across Europe, helping to address the rising demand for quality content in Extended Reality (XR) and 3D applications. The Hunt Museum as a museum partner will test exciting VR and AR edutainment tools created by the consortium, creating engaging and educational tools around school children.
By increasing the availability and usability of 3D content and creating engaging new tools, 3DBigDataSpace aims to align with the European Commission’s objective of digitising endangered cultural sites by 2030, helping to preserve and promote Europe’s rich heritage for future generations.
20.10.21
The Hunt Museum will host “Ride a Flying Fish”, a VR experience that explores The Garden of Earthly Delights, a 500-year-old triptych by the Dutch painter by Hieronymus Bosch from Thursday 21st October until 24th December 2021.
Not only does the VR exhibition give visitors access to a renowned seminal work that resides in the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, the experience allows people to feel as if they are stepping inside the intricate painting. Through the VR headset technology, viewers Ride a Flying Fish as they travel through each panel of the Garden of Earthly Delights. The journey begins at the Garden of Eden and proceeds through Earthly Delights before descending into hell.
Pictured enjoying the “Ride a Flying Fish”, a VR experience that explores The Garden of Earthly Delights. At the Hunt Museum Limerick was Sadbh Kenny, 5th Year Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh. Picture: Alan Place
What this will mean for the Hunt Museum
As a use-case partner for this exciting project means that the museum education department will get the opportunity to test and provide feedback on new XR and/or VR tools developed by the project. The tools will focus on teaching secondary school students about the Bronze Age fun and innovative digital interactions.
Consortium Contributions
This project draws from the strengths of a consortium that spans the 3D data supply chain, including:
- Cultural Heritage Networks: Partners like Time Machine Organisation (TMO), ICOMOS, and 4CH Competence Centre.
- Heritage and Tourism Partners: Including the Hunt Museum and the University of Vigo.
- Europeana Aggregators and Research Institutions: With partners like PSNC, CARARE, and Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
- Digital Infrastructure and SME Partners: Including IN2, rooom AG, and the Europeana Foundation.
