{"id":3024,"date":"2025-06-12T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/2025\/06\/12\/the-emergence-of-digital-museums\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:17:52","slug":"the-emergence-of-digital-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/the-emergence-of-digital-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"The emergence of digital museums"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3024-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/606_la_nascita_dei_musei_digitali-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/606_la_nascita_dei_musei_digitali-1.mp3\">https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/606_la_nascita_dei_musei_digitali-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are numerous examples of digitized museums, i.e., enriched by technological solutions, but entirely digital museums, i.e., without physical exhibits, are also becoming more common today. The all-digital museum omits the function of artifact preservation (which it lacks), while enhancing the communicative and cognitive function: it thus becomes akin to a technological palace dedicated to knowledge that actualizes the ancient &#8220;palaces of memory.&#8221; The museums themselves, in a sense, give physical form to the ancient palaces of memory. The virtual space of the art of memory, described by Cicero, was organized into places (loci) and rhetorical figures (agentes imagines) designed to stimulate memorization and knowledge. The &#8220;loci&#8221; in the actual museum become the halls and the &#8220;imagines&#8221; become the exhibits. The technique of loci is thus the basis of &#8220;spacetelling&#8221; in museums, that is, their design, and is surprisingly relevant today in immersive and interactive museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1897086427\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-939493230\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-939493230 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large\"  id=\"row-1329918029\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1510602350\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3720900609\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Insights<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3720900609 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1649537369\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t<a class=\"plain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carraro-lab.com\/portfolio-item\/m9-museo-del-900-sezione-trasformazioni-del-paesaggio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-left text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-img\" style=\"width: 25px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-inner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/external-link-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/external-link-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/external-link-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/external-link.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-text last-reset\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>M9, a digital museum on Italy of the 20th century<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1897086427 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are numerous examples of digitized museums, i.e., enriched by technological solutions, but entirely digital museums, i.e., without physical exhibits, are also becoming more common today. 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