Z Generation Travel Trend: Digital Museums

The development of technology every day brings together the blending sense of art and museology with the digital universe. Generation Z, who were born interbedded with technology and look at the world with a different eye than previous generations, predominantly turn digital options in travel as well as in all areas. So, what are digital museums that the number has been increasing in recent years, what differences do they offer to their visitors, you know? Here are the most important digital museums of Turkey and the world.

Panorama 1919 Museum

The structure which is founded in Samsun and among the first digital museums in Turkey, is giving a unique experience to its guests. The host museum of the largest oil painting made in Turkey, provides the incarnation of history with the work of 44 different projection devices at the same time. The thematic museum processes the duration from the Victory of Malazgirt in 1071 to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, forward the magnificent turning point in Turkish history to the guests by experiencing their own.

The structure among the most innovative museums in Turkey, is also among the frequent destinations for history lovers who want to have an extraordinary adventure.

1915 Canakkale Panorama Museum

Çanakkale Panorama Museum, which operates in Sancaktepe, Istanbul, creates great excitement by bringing a new breath to the understanding of museology. Bringing together the classical and digital museum concepts, the structure features the sculptures of prominent names who are heroized in the Battle of Çanakkale and small animations of the important Çanakkale regions that witnessed war. And also in the private hall for 50 people, the Battle of Çanakkale is played digitally. The museum, where the war environment is animated with different details such as gunpowder smell, laser light, rain effect, offers a unique experience to the visitors who want to feel the atmosphere of war.

Antalya Archeology Museum

Antalya Archeology Museum that is combining traditional museology with digital museum technology and thus gaining a unique feature, offers its visitors a complete history feast with its digital applications as well as exhibition areas where real archaeological artifacts are exhibited. The building, which has two interactive digital applications with different scenarios, revives the Ancient Perge Theater in a virtual environment and digitally animates the story of "The 12 Tasks of Hercules", one of the greatest legends of Greek mythology. The cultural home, which takes its guests on a time journey thanks to its interactive applications, is among the structures that Z generation is most interested in.

Mori Building Digital Art Museum

Mori Building Digital Art Museum, established in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is placed near the top among the world's largest digital museums with its unique concept that combines high technology and contemporary art. Serving with 520 different computers and 470 projection devices, the structure breaks the rules of the classical museology understanding by making the art “touchable”. The museum, which has sections such as Athletic Forest, Future Park, Digital Tea House, embraces you with a virtual reality from the moment you step into it, and makes you feel yourself in a four-dimensional artwork. The structure, which allows you to create your own art route and change its digital content according to visitor preferences, also reveals the dazzling level of technology.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Founded in the United States, the Cleveland Art Museum offers its guests a unique experience thanks to its digital applications, which are based on the unique artworks it hosts. The museum offers its guests a combination of art and joy, in which visitors can assemble their own faces to the works of art thanks to digital panels, where works similar to the patterns drawn on the virtual screen are recommended and all the works in the museum repertoire are exhibited as a whole on touch in huge screens. Cleveland Museum of Art, which the young generation enjoys visiting, is very important in terms of showing how the museum culture can be shaped in the coming years.