19-05-2022 05:30
The project “Hidden treasures of National Theatre - digitally revealed” envisages digitalization for the first time of the rich and diverse cultural heritage and archive of the National Theater "Ivan Vazov" in order to reach a wide audience at the international level. Within the project, 30,300 archival units, photos, paintings, videos will be digitized, which will be shown for the first time to a wide audience at the national and international level. All significant sites will be digitized, the "hidden treasures" of the National Theater "Ivan Vazov" will be revealed in partnership with Icelandic Society for Preservation of Stage Heritage.
The contract for the project implementation was signed at a ceremony at the National Theater "Ivan Vazov"by the Head of the Programme Operator of the “Cultural Entrepreneurship, Heritage and Cooperation” Programme and Deputy Minister of Culture Mr. Yuriy Valkovski and the Director of the National Theater "Ivan Vazov" Mr. Vassil Vassilev during the visit to Sofia of representatives of the Office of the Financial Mechanism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Romania.
The digital laboratory will be established for the digitalization processes, which will be the place where the digitalization processes will be carried out. It is planned to hold a digital exhibition within the project. Its preparation will involve highly qualified and specially trained experts, as well as representatives of minorities and Roma. An online platform will be created to facilitate access to digital resources. Through this platform, all stakeholders from all over the world will be able to take their virtual tour of the "hidden treasures" of the theater. The digital library is available in cyberspace from anywhere in the world. The user of the digital library can receive the information he needs, directly on the screen of his personal computer, 24 hours a day. Occupying an important place in the society in which information technologies are used in all spheres of human life, including recording, storage and dissemination of information in digital form, the National Theater "Ivan Vazov" with the implementation of this project proposal will meet the needs of its audience.