{"id":23941,"date":"2019-12-17T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/renovacao-digital-do-museu-do-coa\/"},"modified":"2020-06-30T00:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T00:35:37","slug":"renovacao-digital-do-museu-do-coa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arte-coa.pt\/en\/renovacao-digital-do-museu-do-coa\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital renovation of the Coa Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Resulting from a new look at the Coa rock art, incorporating augmented and virtual reality, the aim of this renovation is to bring the societies that produced these artistic motifs closer to visitors. To questions such as \u201cWho were the Coa artists?\u201d, \u201cHow did they live?\u201d, \u201cWhy Coa?\u201d or \u201cWhy did they produce the rock art?\u201d intuitive, pedagogical, and entertaining response clues are suggested. This project was coordinated by the Coa Parque Foundation and\u00a0byAR<\/a>, a partnership that ensured the production, adequacy, and relevance of selected contents, covering subjects as diverse as Archaeology and Art History or Geology and Biology.<\/p>\n

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Penascosa rock art site during the Upper Palaeolithic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In rooms A, D, E, F, and G new virtual and augmented reality devices were installed aimed at an easier reading of the C\u00f4a Valley rock art and a better understanding of the daily life of prehistoric humans, and the screening of a shortened version of the latest film by French director Jean-Luc Bouvret, “La bataille du C\u00f4a – Une le\u00e7on portugaise”, narrated by journalist Fernando Alves, with which we now honor the movement for preservation of the C\u00f4a Valley rock art, threatened in the 1990s by the construction of a dam.<\/p>\n

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Penascosa rock art site today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the opening ceremony, the following message from the Minister Culture, Gra\u00e7a Fonseca, was read:<\/p>\n

“Not being able to attend this ceremony, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the C\u00f4a Parque Foundation Board of Directors and the C\u00f4a Museum team for their work in promoting the study and knowledge of rock art, and archaeological heritage and in raising awareness to the importance of preserving this heritage.
\nTwenty-one years ago, with the inscription of the C\u00f4a Valley Rock Art Site on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Portuguese State undertook to develop a policy of safeguarding the important archaeological heritage discovered in the C\u00f4a Valley. The C\u00f4a Parque Foundation and the C\u00f4a Museum have taken on this responsibility, becoming the guardians of this territory and the heritage we have the privilege of hosting, a task that they have been carrying out with commitment and diligence.
\nThis work has been done with maturity, but also with energy. Consistent and sustained work in the updating and deepening of the content, but also innovative, as exemplified by the digital renewal that is beginning today, as well as the systematic work of technological modernization.
\nI wish you a great day of heritage celebration and for the Museum to continue to be the “gateway” to the C\u00f4a Valley in all its dimensions. “<\/h4>\n

We are very proud of this technological\u00a0and content update since it was possible to reconcile scientific rigor with the playful enjoyment of knowledge. Lifting the tip of the veil, below you may find one of the many animations, that will bring more life to the Museum\u2019s permanent exhibition: a mountain goat from Fariseu rock 1 projected through video mapping on the replica of that same rock present in Room E.<\/p>\n

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