A Holistic Digital Ecosystem for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management in Türkiye: National Museum Information System (MUES)
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Date
2025
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
This paper presents Türkiye's National Museum Information System (MUES), a comprehensive digital platform managing 3.7 million assets in 248 public museums and 286,000 assets in 347 private museums. MUES digitizes the entire heritage lifecycle-from excavation to conservation, exhibition, and storage-standardizing workflows to boost efficiency, cut costs, enhance preservation, and combat loss and illicit trafficking. Compliant with cultural heritage laws and data governance, it offers institutional authorities granular control through a no-code, user-friendly interface, ensuring transparency and accountability. Its modular, interoperable design supports scalable adoption and integration with international heritage platforms. Beyond institutional use, MUES democratizes cultural heritage by providing real-time access to researchers, policymakers, and the public, fostering an inclusive, participatory ecosystem. Aligned with WSIS goals, MUES serves as a sustainable, replicable model for global digital heritage governance and collaboration.
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CCS Concepts: General and Reference → Cross-computing tools and techniques; Computer systems organization → Real-time systems; Information systems → Data management systems; Information retrieval; World Wide Web; Security and privacy → Security services; Human-centered computing → Accessibility; PCB design and layout; Applied computing → Enterprise computing; Arts and humanities; Computers in other domains; Operations research; Document management and text processing, Social and professional topics → Computing / technology policy
@inproceedings{10.2312:dh.20253292,
booktitle = {Digital Heritage},
editor = {Campana, Stefano and Ferdani, Daniele and Graf, Holger and Guidi, Gabriele and Hegarty, Zackary and Pescarin, Sofia and Remondino, Fabio},
title = {{A Holistic Digital Ecosystem for Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management in Türkiye: National Museum Information System (MUES)}},
author = {Aygün, Hakan Melih and Yüceil, Irmak Günes},
year = {2025},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-277-6},
DOI = {10.2312/dh.20253292}
}