Reaching Out Endangered Sites Through Digital Initiatives : Some French Experiments

Vincent Lefèvre

Ministry of Culture and Communication, France

24 June

Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage

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Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage

Axis III: fight against illegal trafficking by strengthening the

traceability of works and the applicable sanctions

13. Publish / scan as widely as possible the works (excavation

findings, museum collections, artefacts seized at customs, etc.)

14. Establish, at least at European level, a single database of stolen or

seized cultural property

15. Encourage people and institutions of countries in conflict to post

pictures of their heritage and collections

Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage

Axis IV: Keep the memory of sites to better protect, publicize and

build their future

38. Launch a 3D digitization plan of heritage sites

39. Work on the creation of interpretation centres, notably on the site

of Palmyra

40. Establish a collaborative platform at European level

41. Encourage the development of virtual tours of destroyed or

endangered sites

Fifty French Proposals to Protect the World Heritage

Axis V: Strengthening cooperation between museums to protect

collections and disseminating knowledge

49. Launch a comprehensive plan of publication and/or digitisation of

artworks and archives

50. Create "virtual museums" by digitizing in 3D the collections of

threatened museums

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© Musée du Louvre / PAS Digital