Increasing Opportunities to Experience National Heritage in Books and Remote Areas

Cultural Heritage Administration Expands Operation of National Heritage Digital Experience Center

The Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation announced on the 12th that they will invest 2.7 billion won this year to expand the operation of the National Heritage Digital Experience Center. They will visit schools and welfare institutions for the disabled and elderly in digitally underserved areas such as islands and remote mountainous regions to provide opportunities to experience national heritage.

The number of beneficiaries will increase from twenty-four locations last year to sixty locations this year. The Cultural Heritage Administration will significantly enhance the operation with customized content applying advanced digital technologies. This includes multisensory learning tools with subtitles, sign language, and audio, as well as digital national heritage maps incorporating cutting-edge digital technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and 360-degree stereoscopic videos, tactile pads, and braille picture books.

The Cultural Heritage Administration explained, "We will deliver vivid experiences as if directly exploring heritage sites such as palaces, royal tombs, Seokguram Grotto, Bulguksa Temple, and Dosan Seowon Confucian Academy by utilizing sensory content that converts national heritage explanatory information into auditory and tactile information."

Participants will also be provided with digital education boxes containing various national heritage educational content such as educational videos, augmented reality teaching aids, learning activity sheets, and traditional games. This is expected to further enhance understanding and utilization skills of digital technology.

The Cultural Heritage Administration will select sixty elementary schools, special schools, and welfare institutions located in northern Gyeonggi Province, Gangwon Province, and other areas through a public contest this month. After coordinating detailed schedules and programs, they plan to operate the program in phases from March to November.

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