The Potential for ICT in New Museums—The Case of the Douro Museum

The relationship between the exponential growth of Cultural Tourism and multiplication, requalification, diversification Museums is widely accepted. swift evolution proliferation Information Communication Technologies have opened up new possibilities, both in management heritage assets way they should be shared with public, by providing entertaining educational ways to do so. Douro Demarcated Region, unique from a historical, economic, social, cultural, environmental point view, received 2008 Portugal’s first Territory Museum, which has been exploring resources made available ICT better fulfill its Mission musealization territory. This process includes an online presence (to disseminate activities share information about Region), exhibition space (which equipped tools devices that convey wide range information), digital access collections (focusing on more specialized/academic public). These experiences shown use technologies broadens museum ecosystem multiplies types audience who take part various museological cultural initiatives. way, increasingly recognized as important tool used broaden museums’ scope influence across given