Qatar National launches the Virtual Museum

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The National Museum of Qatar launched the NMoQ Explorer, a virtual museum developed in cooperation with Microsoft, to provide an interactive online experience that allows viewing its diverse collection of rich heritage collections and precious artifacts.
The NMoQ Explorer has been designed to reflect the interactive and immersive approach that characterizes the environment of the National Museum of Qatar, and displays in detail the museum’s precious holdings with a map of the most important archaeological sites in the country, historical eras and their time divisions, and the most important tools that distinguish each of them, according to a new classification approach supported by a knowledge search tool Fully scalable thanks to AI technology. Thus, the virtual museum, which everyone without exception can visit and wander through its pages, provides an innovative communication experience with visitors that moves them smoothly between space, time and things.
With the upcoming launch of the NMoQ Explorer virtual version, users will be able to browse content in any language through a multilingual chatbot. By offering interactive virtual experiences online, the browser transcends the usual boundaries between the real and the virtual worlds, opening the museum space to diverse audiences, both locally and internationally, and providing a unique educational resource for students.
On the occasion of the launch of the new browser, Sheikha Amna bint Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani, Acting Executive Vice President of Museums, Collections and Heritage Protection, Director of the National Museum of Qatar, said: “The innovative online interactive version of the National Museum of Qatar and its archaeological collections is the first project of its kind in Qatar. Through this project, we have dedicated the capabilities of smart technology to enhance the experience of visiting museums on the Internet. This joint innovation confirms the Qatar Museum’s commitment to community engagement and community engagement, and aims to accelerate the realization of our vision of being a museum with a lasting impact, and to share with our audience a new platform for participation and learning.”
For her part, Lana Khalaf, General Manager, Microsoft Qatar said: “We are very proud to partner with Qatar Museums to support the revival of Qatar’s rich heritage and culture and introduce the world to it in an innovative way. The concept of visiting the museum has changed, especially after the artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities available on Azure contributed to creating a more lively and enriching exploration experience, as well as the development of search and learning mechanisms.
The museum can be visited by browsing the website explorer.nmoq.org.qa online.

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