The Virtual Museum of the University’s Cultural Heritage of The Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

January 1st, 2008 | RESEARCH

The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), as an active cultural promoter, implemented a virtual museum system in order to help and develop expression related to art, science and humanities. The UNAM's cultural heritage is, as in many other universities, a vast number of different kinds of objects, ranging from painting and sculpture to numismatics and architecture, from traditional art to modern multimedia-based exhibits to Scientific Collections. It is impossible to exhibit it all in a single place in an orderly fashion. The Virtual Museum of the University's Cultural Heritage (VMUCH) is a dynamic interactive space where users navigate and interact with UNAM's cultural, scientific and historical heritage in 3D real-time space.

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Francisco Caviedes, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Esther de la Herran, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Andrea Vitela, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
A. Libia Cervantes, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jose Mondragon, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Alma Rangel, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jose Silva, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ildiko Pelczer, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Francisco Salgado, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Adidier Perez-Gomez, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Carolina Flores-Illescas, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jose Casillas, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Graciela de la Torre, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jorge Reynoso, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Rafael Samano, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Julia Molinar, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Jose Manuel Magana, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Alejandrina Escudero, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ariadna Patino, Author, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Publication: Museums and the Web 2008 Proceedings

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Audience: Educators | Teachers | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Undergraduate | Graduate Students
Discipline: Art | music | theater | General STEM | History | policy | law
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Games | Simulations | Interactives | Media and Technology | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media