As part of the CreDiT project (CREative DIgital waTers), we are proud to release a new toolkit designed to help digitize, interpret and narrate water heritage with a particular focus on engaging water museums and young people.
The toolkit provides simple and clear guidelines for:
- Devising a Digital Tour of a cultural or natural water-related heritage
- Creating 3d Models based on a sequence of photographs
- Engaging museum visitors through interactive online coloring on the UACE (Universal Art & Cultural Events) platform to better protect our water heritage
You can find the toolkit here.
Thanks to this interactive coloring tool which runs on the UACE platform, the WAMU-NET website now hosts a powerful medium for online educational activities and youth engagement, ‘AQUAPLAY’:
https://www.watermuseums.net/education/aquaplay/
AQUAPLAY was conceived and designed during the difficult period of the COVID pandemic to support educational activities coordinated by water museums.
The CreDiT project also included training courses, workshops, and digitization campaigns involving museums, schools, and educational institutions in co-designing the digital tools to increase physical and online visits to partnering water museums. Thousands of visitors and students will benefit from these resources, gaining greater awareness of the challenges related to sustainable water management, biodiversity protection, and the preservation of aquatic ecosystems.
Co-funded by the European Commission under the Creative Europe Programme, the CreDiT project was implemented by Doc Servizi (lead partner) in cooperation with the Global Network of Water Museums, VirtualGeo, Opificio delle Acque Bologna, AQUATIKA Karlovac, MIO-ECSDE Athens and HIDRYA. The project objective was to reshape the way we preserve and interact with water heritage, supporting global initiatives such as the 2030 Agenda, the European Green Deal, the phase 9 of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and the Resolution no.5-XXIII of UNESCO-IHP Council which endorsed the Global Network of Water Museums in 2018.