{"id":34822,"date":"2024-05-20T16:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spotlight-timisoara.eu\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=34822"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:46:50","slug":"noaptea-europeana-a-muzeelor-2024-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/spotlight-timisoara.eu\/en\/eveniment\/noaptea-europeana-a-muzeelor-2024-2\/","title":{"rendered":"European Night of Museums 2024:"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guided tours and hundreds of minds captivated by history and technology discovered MECIPT-1 and the UPT Technical Museum Over 500...<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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More than 500 people, 21 guided tours and as many minds captivated by the past, history and technology discovered the UPT Technical Museum at the 20th edition of the European Night of Museums!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 18 May 2024, the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, together with the Department of ID\/IFR and Digital Education, the Multimedia Centre and together with the cultural project Spotlight Heritage Timisoara were part of the programme Night of Museums 2024!<\/p>\n\n\n

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With a full schedule of tours, as well as visits from curious passers-by, the UPT Technical Museum came alive during the night and invited the general public to learn more about the history of information technology. Over 500 visitors<\/strong> crossed the threshold of the museum, discovering MECIPT-1 - the first university computer in Romania (1961), but also virtual reality and mixed reality applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open to both adults and children, all participants could enjoy interactive edutainment applications developed by UPT students and teachers within the Heritage in the Spotlight project. Another attraction was the latest Spotlight Heritage Timisoara virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (AR\/MR) applications, in which the audience could interact with a complex real-virtual world, using state-of-the-art digital technologies presenting Timisoara landmarks with national heritage objects from the galleries of the National Museum of Banat, partner in the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also discovered other unique digital installations combining art and technology, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n