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EuroMed 2020: Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection pp 300–310Cite as

Digital Transformation Strategy Initiative in Cultural Heritage: The Case of Tate Museum

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Museums have now changed their intent and embraced a more “visitor-oriented” approach to provide this unforgettable experience for visitors. Digital museum strategy plays a decisive role in how museums want to use technology to promote innovation network growth, competitive advantage, and economic efficiency. However, it is worth noting that there are still significant gaps in technical equipment between museums. This paper draws on the Museum of the Tate and aims to examine its transformation from a conventional museum to a museum of the 21st century. The case of Tate museum is of particular interest because of its obvious intention to be regarded as a leading museum in Europe, expressed in its current strategic planning policies. This paper also highlights some of the advantages and problems associated with this program and its future directions. This paper examines how Tate has introduced technological systems to turn itself into a virtual museum and succeed in the global economy. This paper aims at examining and explaining a museum’s transformation into a virtual museum. The findings of the case study show that the Tate museum has successfully applied the digital strategy with the goal of being a model for the world of virtual museums. This paper helps cultural practitioners draw more lessons from the proposed key drivers of digital museum strategies and reach conclusions on digital museum planning today.

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Kamariotou, V., Kamariotou, M., Kitsios, F. (2021). Digital Transformation Strategy Initiative in Cultural Heritage: The Case of Tate Museum. In: Ioannides, M., Fink, E., Cantoni, L., Champion, E. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12642. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73043-7_25

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