Digital Transformation of Cultural Heritage for Various Museum Applications

The demand for digital transformation is also growing in the field of culture and arts. Digital transformation consists of the digitization and utilization of data and information. The use of data, network, and artificial intelligence (DNA) technologies, which are core infrastructure for digital transformation, is continuously expanding in the field of culture and arts. In the coming era of digital transformation, it is expected that new changes will come to the work of museums that hold a large amount of cultural heritage data. By expanding tasks such as management, search, and screening of relics that are currently digitized to some extent, most of the work in all fields, including meetings, exhibitions, planning, education, publicity, and preservation, will be mainly performed in a digital environment. This paper presents a case of developing an intelligent cultural heritage platform using artificial intelligence technology currently being promoted by the National Museum of Korea. We hope that this paper will be used as an opportunity to share and discuss the present and future direction of intelligent culture and arts.

I. Introduction

With the development of digital technology, the increase in storage capacity, the development of communication technology, and the growth of computing power, there is a trend to demand “more practical, more accurate, and more information.” As a result, countless amounts of digital data are being naturally generated in many fields around the world. This trend will continue in the future, and the amount of data is expected to continue to increase infinitely. In addition, banking and shopping at marketplaces, which previously had to be done physically, have already been converted to internet banking and online shopping platforms and are now deeply utilized in our daily lives. Digital transformation, which is being actively promoted by the government and is expected to change in the near future, includes incorporating the use of currently partially established digital platforms into various aspects of daily life.