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iAlp, Museum Collections Go “Smart”

From: 11.07.2015 to: 11.07.2015

The iAlp project, headed by the Museo Nazionale della Montagna and to be signed into agreement on 11 July 2015, proposes a technological networking of mountain museums to better streamline access to and distribution of historical information.  The first two pilot museums - Museo Nazionale della Montagna di Torino, and Musée Alpin a Chamonix - possess an exceptional historical and cultural heritage.  Through this agreement, the two museums plan to preserve, describe, and make readily available their wealth of historical and cultural knowledge.  The project is not targeted for use by specialists and historians, rather for tourism operators and cultural guides.  The intent is to build, through the participation of such third-parties, new methods for dissemination and appreciation of the museums’ collections.

The signing of the agreement is organized as part of the events put on by the city of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to celebrate the 150^th anniversary of the summiting of the city’s namesake peak.  To further underline the relevance and importance of this historic moment, a delegation from Italy comprised of some of the most important and notable figures in the sector will be in attendance: Umberto Martini, President General of the Club Alpino Italiano (CAI); Ettore Borsetti, Vice President General of CAI; Roberto Ferrero, president of the Torino chapter of CAI; Paolo Angelini, Italian Ministry of the Environment and representing the Alpine Convention; Sara Manuelli, Communications Officer for the Mountain Partnership Secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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