Department Of Archeology And Museums (DoAM) Completes Digitalization Of Islamabad Museum's Artifacts

Department of Archeology and Museums (DoAM) has completed digitalization of around 400 artifacts of Islamabad Museum through its Digitalization Center to provide electronic database for visitors especially scholars to conduct research and prevent illicit trafficking of archaeological objects.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Jul, 2018 ) :Department of Archeology and Museums (DoAM) has completed digitalization of around 400 artifacts of Islamabad Museum through its Digitalization Center to provide electronic database for visitors especially scholars to conduct research and prevent illicit trafficking of archaeological objects.

The department has digitalized overall 2000 artifacts so far under the project titled `Establishment of digitalization center for documentation of the artifacts and archival material' is being executed by DoAM.

Talking to APP, Director (Archeology), DoAM, Abdul Azeem�said preservation and documentation has always been a matter of concern for the academic research of the moveable and immoveable cultural wealth of the country.

The fragility of archeological material and lack of digital documentation of the artifacts in the national repository limits academic study and verification of record.

The digital archiving of the whole record of the archaeological artifacts in the custody of DoAM was direly needed for preservation, preventing it from illicit trafficking and providing data to the scholars for interpretive information, he said.

Abdul Azeem said the department will digitize the entire inventory with DoAM in phases which will be replicated by all the provinces so that a national inventory can be created.

It will enable the country to comply with the UNESCO Convention of 1970 i.e "Prohibiting and Preventing the illicit Import Export and Transfer of ownership of cultural property", he said.

The high resolution pictures of these artifacts and electronic database is the only way to preserve and project this rich cultural heritage of the country, he observed.

Abdul Azeem informed that the digitalized record of an artifact carries all necessary information about the object along with variety of 3-D images in different angles made through the latest cameras.