IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE

It is the biggest museum of IT technologies in Poland: Museum of the History of Computers and IT in Katowice (MHKI) that the paper is dedicated to. The trend to create this kind of museums has been observed in technologically- advanced countries for over 20 years. It is connected with the shift in p...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:309a6e36af6b48d1b87c828c864d18ff2021-11-25T14:52:52ZIT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE0464-10862391-481510.5604/01.3001.0015.0686https://doaj.org/article/309a6e36af6b48d1b87c828c864d18ff2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://muzealnictworocznik.com/gicid/01.3001.0015.0686http://muzealnictworocznik.com/gicid/pdf/01.3001.0015.0686https://doaj.org/toc/0464-1086https://doaj.org/toc/2391-4815It is the biggest museum of IT technologies in Poland: Museum of the History of Computers and IT in Katowice (MHKI) that the paper is dedicated to. The trend to create this kind of museums has been observed in technologically- advanced countries for over 20 years. It is connected with the shift in perceiving technological accessories of a daily life, which have been gradually incorporated into the circle of cultural heritage, and subsequently covered with institutional protection. Founders of such museums generally rank among private entities and private individuals motivated by their passion to preserve and popularize technological heritage among the present and future generations. What IT museums worldwide have in common is the rarely encountered in classical museology model of allowing visitors a direct interaction with the exhibits. At the same time, these museums are market operators, which, apart from culture- -forming activity, forces them to achieve their autonomy and financial stability first of all owing to the visitor turnout and partnership contracts with outside entities: companies and the media. All these issues were the topic of an extensive interview with MHKI’s Director which provides the material for the paper. The acquired information may serve as a source of knowledge and inspiration for potential founders of other IT heritage museums to be established in Poland. Małgorzata Pstrocka-RakGrzegorz RakIndex Copernicus International S.A.articleMuseum of the History of Computers and IT (MHKI)technology museumIT museumcultural heritageIT heritageMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501DEENPLMuzealnictwo, Vol 62, Pp 179-188 (2021)
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topic Museum of the History of Computers and IT (MHKI)
technology museum
IT museum
cultural heritage
IT heritage
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
spellingShingle Museum of the History of Computers and IT (MHKI)
technology museum
IT museum
cultural heritage
IT heritage
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Małgorzata Pstrocka-Rak
Grzegorz Rak
IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE
description It is the biggest museum of IT technologies in Poland: Museum of the History of Computers and IT in Katowice (MHKI) that the paper is dedicated to. The trend to create this kind of museums has been observed in technologically- advanced countries for over 20 years. It is connected with the shift in perceiving technological accessories of a daily life, which have been gradually incorporated into the circle of cultural heritage, and subsequently covered with institutional protection. Founders of such museums generally rank among private entities and private individuals motivated by their passion to preserve and popularize technological heritage among the present and future generations. What IT museums worldwide have in common is the rarely encountered in classical museology model of allowing visitors a direct interaction with the exhibits. At the same time, these museums are market operators, which, apart from culture- -forming activity, forces them to achieve their autonomy and financial stability first of all owing to the visitor turnout and partnership contracts with outside entities: companies and the media. All these issues were the topic of an extensive interview with MHKI’s Director which provides the material for the paper. The acquired information may serve as a source of knowledge and inspiration for potential founders of other IT heritage museums to be established in Poland.
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Grzegorz Rak
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Grzegorz Rak
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title IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE
title_short IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE
title_full IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE
title_fullStr IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE
title_full_unstemmed IT CULTURAL HERITAGE: PRESERVATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS AND IT IN KATOWICE
title_sort it cultural heritage: preservation and making it available as seen from the perspective of the museum of the history of computers and it in katowice
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