Rwanda to increase digitization of cultural assets for broader access
Rwanda on Thursday marked the International Museum Day with a commitment to enhancing the digitization of the country's cultural assets in order to increase access to the audience.
"Rwanda's National Cultural Council has taken initiatives to digitize Rwandan cultural assets through partnership with Google Art and Culture as part of efforts to enhance access to a much wider audience," said Robert Masozera, director general of the Rwanda Cultural and Heritage Academy, during the national event at the Natural Heritage Museum in Karongi district,2 western Rwanda.
Noting the role of culture in sustainable development, Masozera said the cultural council has also increased engagement with youth as well as stepped up staging exhibitions of traditional practices with a view of increasing public interest in and understanding of the country's history and culture.
As part of the celebration, the cultural council conducted awareness-raising campaigns in schools and visited heritage sites and held symposiums on Rwanda's heritage.
During the same event, Rwanda also officially launched a newly constructed environment museum in Karongi district, which could boost tourism, according to officials.
Located near Lake Kivu, the museum has a roofed garden with Rwanda's traditional medicinal plants. It will help Rwandans and visitors to learn how to protect plants and the environment.
